- Red Wine
- Shiraz
Shiraz
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
87
An inky dark red with some purple hues. A nose of dark cherry and plum with some faint pepper and charcuterie notes. The palate is broad and lacks direction, stewed...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
89
A nose of blackberry and boysenberry that is lifted by graphite and smokey earth. There is a herbaceous edge to the wine that is tempered by a supple tannin profile...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
93
The 2016 release is a blend of 88% Shiraz and 12% Cabernet Franc and has seen 10 months in 48% new French oak and a further 18 months in larger...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
93
This is classic McLaren Vale with black fruits and milk chocolate that's adorned with spicy American oak input. The palate is svelte and rounded with a moreish almost saline nature...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
88
I always like the packaging of 3 Rings and must say that they do a pretty good job crafting a Barossa Shiraz at an RRP of $16. The wine won't...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
88
A plummy nose with some sultry savoury tones and vanillin lines from American oak. The palate is soft and approachable with plenty of primary fruit that fill the mouth, ok...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
94
The nose opens with a swathe of vanillin oak that is accompanied by crushed blue fruits that provides lovely aromatics to begin. The palate shows impressive balance, with the 2016...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
94
Extended ageing in new French oak has provided a wine of impressive pedigree. Oak can only work when there is the fruit to carry it, which this wine has in...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
93
Maintains a youthful almost purple hue to the rim, the nose shows rich plum and strawberry fruit that's lifted by a gentle sweetness of spirit. The palate is lush, but...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
88
This is always a solid release, and in some years tends to excellent. The 2017 is more on the solid side of the fence with the wine being varietal and...