Shiraz
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
94
2012 is an exceptional year for Barossa, with the Blackwell release showing all the hallmarks of a great year and impressive winemaking. An inky dark red in the glass the...
Shiraz Blend
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
92
Dark red with some slight browning toward the rim, a real surprise for the vintage with the wine still showing primary fruit but having great integration of oak and tannin....
Shiraz
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
95
This is a nose to get excited about, it's restrained and elegant with quality fruit rather than decadent oak leading the way, plum and blackberry fruit have a distinct meaty...
Shiraz
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
94
The Barossa Old Vine Company came into existence to source wines from some of the great old vineyards in the Barossa that had chalked up a century in the ground,...
Other Red
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
92
Barossa does un-oaked well, there is fulness and layered structure that can come from the region which provides a point of different to counterparts adorned with spicy french or exuberant...
Shiraz Blend
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
93
A blend of Shiraz, Mataro and Grenache this is a brooding beast that can easily live in the dark recesses of a cellar for many years. Spinifex are still one...
Semillon
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
94
Semillon is often a forgotten variety in the Barossa, with the Margaret a perennial pleaser that is released after a few years in the bottle. The wine...
Shiraz
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
94
John Duval is best known as the former custodian of Grange, since leaving Penfolds he has been crafting balanced and elegant expressions of Barossa Shiraz; rich and ripe, but above...
Shiraz Blend
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
95
The flagship wine of Lou Miranda, with grapes taken from the Angel's vineyard which was planted in 1897. A deep and inky dark red in the glass, the nose gives...
Other Red
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
93
Sagrantino is starting to gain some traction in Australia, with the variety hailing from the Umbria region in central Italy. In it's homeland it is regarded for the inky, dark...