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Farmers & Growers ‘The Smithy’ Padthaway-Barossa Valley Shiraz Durif 2021
$9.30Any red that is 100% Padthaway and Barossa selling for under $10 must be taken seriously.
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Crayford Barossa Valley Shiraz 2021
$14.80We enjoy wines like this Crayford when younger though the wine will hold up well for many years.
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Karrawirra Barossa Valley Shiraz 2021
$16.50The great vintages are associated with a normal, steady ripening, plus an extended period for picking without being rushed to harvest. The wine maker when asked to comment replies that the wines made themselves. Such was the 2021 vintage, the 14th for Karrawirra.
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Goat Square Barossa Valley Shiraz 2022
$15.80This style of wine is what we wished to make when coming to the Barossa. This is achieved by using simple wine making methods, summed up as pick, ferment in small open fermenters, settle and age in old, oak puncheons.
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Shearers Lament South Australia Cabernet Sauvignon 2018
$7.99On the 10th October, 1892 at Alice Downs near Blackall, Queensland, ‘Jackie’ shore 321 sheep in 7 hours and 40 minutes.
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Jackman No.13 Dry Red Cabernet Merlot Shiraz NV
$6.00This wine was a blend of reds, made up of many varieties mostly Shiraz and Cabernet, from four districts sourced from along the Adelaidean Mount Lofty Range and from three vintages. It came from a high quality, medium sized, Barossa Valley winery.
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Oakley Adams Padthaway Shiraz 2021
$11.90This Oakley Adams is a full flavoured Shiraz in our style as confirmed by 14.8% alc./vol.
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‘The Regions’ Barossa Valley Shiraz 2021
$14.50We all have palate memories being the odd bottles which were ‘stand outs’. Many will coincide with an abnormally favourable vintage. The great Barossa red moment is with the 1996s. Still youthful even today. Just maybe the 2021 vintage will duplicate this. Even if it does not this vintage is the best for you now.
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Stockwell Creek Barossa Valley Shiraz 2018
$22.00We like grapes from the northern end of the Barossa Valley as its warmer though the Barossa land surface rises south to north by 80 metres so the evening temperatures are cooler which creates balancing flavour complexity.
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Bengalee Barossa Valley Shiraz 2018
$16.50Being an enthusiast for this Bengalee I reason that if you do have suitable storage the maturing changes with time will provide interesting drinking.
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PB. Burgoyne Padthaway Shiraz 2021
$11.40The Barossa reds from 2021 are so good that a vintage rating of 10/10 is appropriate. Ideal weather of course covers a large area and reports and tastings of wines from the Limestone Coast-Great South East of S.A. also confirm a great vintage.
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Barbarossa Barossa Valley Shiraz Cabernet Durif Mataro 2021
$15.80This is the last Barossa red from 2021 of which we have reasonable stocks. Barbarossa was created as a customer guessing game. The idea being to make a small bottling with three or four varieties, different vintages that have customers thinking about what is in the glass. Alas a mistake was made when labelling as it reveals the mix and vintage. A disaster to a triumph as my views of the greatness of the vintage grows and grows. Best that the vintage can be seen by all.
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Terrene Estates South Australia Cabernet Merlot 2017
$10.60We recently found an astonishing collection of reds in a five-star winery in the Clare Valley and knowing we would not see its like again purchased more than usual.
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Telegraph Road South Australia Cabernet Sauvignon 2018
$7.50The sign of a good cellar is when budget wines improve to a point and then hold that point for a long time.
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Salem Valley Barossa Shiraz 2022
$12.80Huge in flavour, very much our style, and supports our view that drinkers will find great enjoyment in discovering younger is better. Though being Barossa it will not fall apart for at least 20 years.
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PB Burgoyne Langhorne Creek Shiraz 2022
$11.60Langhorne Creek has been a favourite district of ours for 20 years and at their best they rival those of the Barossa and McLaren Vale for quality.
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‘The Regions’ Clare Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2021
$14.80One our best ever purchases came late last year which I termed ‘the five star winery haul’ and that is the source of this beautiful Clare Valley Cabernet-a five star winery. As for the source, well our lips are sealed.
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Fareham Estate Clare Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2021
$15.40Late last year we purchased a collection of Shiraz and Cabernet of exquisite quality from a ‘five star’ winery, this rating being awarded by a noted wine writer. I can say no more as part of any purchase means we are forbidden to use the maker’s name.
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