Barossa Valley
The key to understanding the wines of the Adelaidean Mount Lofty Range since the flavours of the other regions relate back to this benchmark. Famed for Shiraz, Cabernet, Grenache and Mataro. Full bodied and intensely favoured reds that stand alone. There are no global comparisons.
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Auld & Burton Barossa Valley Cabernet Merlot 2017
$10.20At Glug, wines come and go quickly. Here we have used two varieties from two regions in various proportions. I find more Clare in the final blend than Barossa so look for a touch less heat and higher altitude flavours. Finally explaining the Clare flavours continues to defy me.
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Auld & Burton Barossa Valley Mataro 2017
$9.80Handmade wines of this quality is what decent wine merchants discover for customers.
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Auld & Burton Barossa Valley Merlot 2017
$9.80Merlot is like a perfumed and plumper version of Cabernet. Add the Barossa origin and it is richer again.
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Bagot Station Barossa Valley Shiraz Cabernet Malbec 2019
$10.80Glug would like to offer more wines with Malbec, alas supply is scarce.
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Barbarossa Barossa Valley Shiraz Cabernet Durif Mataro 2021
$15.80How you perceive the taste of a wine is far from simple and knowing what to expect alters our response.
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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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BVWS Barossa Valley Wine Supply Industrial Strength Barossa Valley Shiraz Durif 2018
$22.60This Industrial Strength is 15.4% alc/vol. The Italians make a variety of wine called Amarone which is made after the grapes have been partially dehydrated on racks to lower the water level. This Industrial Strength is not made that way as we simply isolated a patch of grapes to make this natural ripe style, fermented dry I quickly add, and what is created is deep in colour and packed with flavour.
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Cellar Range Barossa Valley Shiraz 2021
$15.20We cannot reveal the source since the reason wines like this are offered is because the grower-maker wants anonymity. They want no conflict with their brand which as in all cases they offer the same wine at far higher prices.
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Colton & Hewett McLaren Vale/Barossa Valley Cabernet Shiraz 2015
$9.80The common sense drinker should only think of what is in the glass and this maturing red delivers.
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Crayford Barossa Valley Grenache Shiraz Mataro 2023
$12.80Shiraz forms the stable known base. Grenache has alcoholic strength but less palate taste and brings to the blend beguiling aromas and a different palate impression to Shiraz. Yet what are these two without Mataro which maintains order by rearranging both and providing a strength of character particularly on the back palate. Still the genius of this wine remains the Grenache.
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Crayford Barossa Valley Shiraz 2021
$12.80We enjoy wines like this Crayford when younger though the wine will hold up well for many years.
