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Grapes/Wine Styles

Cabernet Sauvignon - full flavoured with berries [especially black currants] & chocolate hints. Best is

grown in medium to cool regions. Coonawarra [terra rossa soil], Margaret River area & Yarra Valley

predominate. Its tannic wine benefits from some bottle age.

Grenache - rustically luscious cherry ripeness with raspberries. Best grown in warmer regions & are

high in alcohol & low in tannins.

Malbec - usually blended to add a deep colour, ample tannin and a particular plum-like complexity.

Merlot - soft, dry plush plum-like in warmer regions, more savoury with firmer tannins in cooler areas.

Mourvèdre - fabulously rich & spicy with liquorice hints. Mainly grown in Barossa & McClaren Valleys.

Pinot Noir - in its youth delicate strawberry & raspberry flavours predominate, with age it is more

savoury [mushroom]. It is grown in the coolest regions.

Shiraz - [known as Syrah in the Rhône] it is Australia’s premier grape. In general a cedary, mulberry,

spicy & “wild” flavour although its style varies markedly region to region - in Victoria’s cool climate it

is elegant & peppery, in Coonwarra & Margaret River more spicy, in Clare Valley powerful & minty,

in McLaren Vale sweet & chocolaty, in the Barossa Valley muscular & ripe & finally in the Hunter

Valley rich leather.

Chardonnay - formerly considered to be “oaky” & obvious, it is now better made with usually a hint of

vanilla oak. The warmer inland areas show peach & tropical fruit flavours whilst the cooler regions

exhibit more subtle citrus [grapefruit & lime] aromas.

Colombard - often blended with Chardonnay & Sauvignon Blanc, on its own it produces a full-bodied

wine with tropical-fruit overtones & good acidity, i.e. good with seafood. It favours warmer regions.

Gewürztraminer [Traminer] - usually pungent spicy lychee, Turkish delight &/or perfumed floral

flavours predominate. Grown mainly in Clare Valley, Hunter Valley & Tasmania.

Marsanne - powerfully flavoured with honey, lemon, peach & lemon. Grown primarily in Victoria.

Muscat - electrifying ambrosial sweet nectar raisins from the Rutherglen district of Victoria.

Semillon - whilst generally warm, creamy & peachy its style varies as Shiraz’s. In the Barossa it is a

luscious deep yellow with mangoes & peaches often wood-aged, around the Hunter Valley it is lean &

flinty at first but matures into a honey, nutty, complex classic whereas Margaret River produces a fine

balance between the two. It ages well. Botrytis Cinerea, the noble rot, produces intensely sweet wine.

Viognier - hard to grow but increasingly blended with Shiraz to add perfumed aromas & softer tannins.

 

Amon-Ra Barossa Valley

Bin No.
Name
£
RP
WS
           
395.
Unfiltered Shiraz Ben Glaetzer  2005  14.5%
146
98

 

           

d’Arenberg McLaren Vale

396.
Grenache Shiraz Mourvèdre The Ironstone Pressings 2002 14.5%
62
92
87

 

 

 

 
397.
Cabernet Sauvignon   The Coppermine Road  2003  14.5%
62
94
83

 

 

 

 
398.
Shiraz  The Dead Arm  2003  15%
89
95
86

 

Best’s Wines Victoria

399.
Colombard  2002  12.5%
15

 

Brown Brothers Victoria

400.
Orange Muscat & Flora  Special Late Harvested  2004  10%
21

 

Capercaillie Hunter Valley

401.
Semillon   The Creel  2002  10%
24
402.
Dessert Style  Gewürztraminer  2003  10%
1/2
21

 

De Bortoli New South Wales

403.
Botrytis   Semillon  Noble One  2002  11.5%
1/2
47

 

Henry’s Drive Padthaway South Australia

404.
Shiraz  2003  16%
59
94
90

 

Henschke Eden Valley South Australia

405.

406.

407.

Shiraz  Hill of Grace  2001  14%

Shiraz  Mount Edelstone  2005  14%

Semillon  Louis  2005  13%

629

128

62

93

97

90

95

92

87
408.
Semillon, Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay  Tilly's Vineyard  2007   12.5%
32
89
88

 

Ingleburne McLaren Vale

409.
Shiraz  Penny’s Hill  2002  15%
59
92

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Knappstein Lenswood Adelaide Hills

412.
Cabernet Merlot Malbec  The Palatine  1998  13.5%
62
92
83

413.

414.

Pinot Noir  2000  14%

Semillon  2000  13.5%

45

27

86

88
415.
Chardonnay  2001  14%
28
416.
Gewurztraminer  2003  13%
29

Mitchelton Central Victoria

417.
Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot  25th Anniversary  1990  13.5%
69
418.
Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot  25th Anniversary  1991  13.5%
69
419.
Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot  25th Anniversary  1992  13.5%
69
420.
Estate Marsanne  1995  12.5%
21
83

 

Parker Coonawarra Estate

421.
Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot Cabernet Franc  First Growth Terra Rossa  1999  14%
98
92
422.
Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot  First Growth Terra Rossa  2001  14%
89
92
90

 

Pauletts Clare Valley S. A.

423.
Riesling  2006  12.5%
30

 

Penfolds South Australia

424.
Shiraz Grange  1981  12.5%
596
94
89
425.
Shiraz Grange  1999  14%
35
92
94
426.
Cabernet Shiraz  Bin 389  2001   14%
89

 
88

 

 

 

 

 

Tim Adams  Clare Valley

427.
Shiraz  The Aberfeldy  2006  14.5%
55

 

Two Hands Barossa Valley

428.
Shiraz  Bad Impersonator  2003  15%
59
93
90
429.
Shiraz  Bella’s Garden  2003  15%
77
95
94

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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