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Australia
Wine Regions are divided into States, Zones, Regions and Sub-regions. One of the most common and important Zonal Area is Southeastern Australia. The States are Northern Territory (very little wine production), Queensland (very little wine production), New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and Western Australia. The first wines were mostly sweet and fortified, this style was replaced by dry still wines in the 1970’s. Those wines (known as fighting varietals) were easy drinking and quite affordable. The 1990’s brought a focus on quality, low yields, cooler climates and soils better suited to specific grapes. Today all three styles of wine are produced in varying quantities, and the GI (Geographical Indication’s) system has become more defined with more specific regions and zones. |
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Barrel Monkeys
Barrel Monkeys Shiraz 2004
Australia, WINES
Not only does this wine have a very amusing label, but the wine itself reflects the label. It is a massive Shiraz, with dark, deep brooding color that gives you a hint of the impending attach of the nose and palate. Full of massive black berry fruits and even some dried plum along with licorice notes and rich full body and long finish. Not everyones cup o' tea...but those looking for Parker's hedonistic wines, this will work.
BIN: 9336717000004
Price: $22.50
Bottle Size: .750L
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Kangarilla Road Vineyard
Kangarilla Rd. Shiraz 2004
Australia, WINES
It's funny to me when I see this wine advertised as a Shiraz/Viognier as if that is something unusual. I have even had people ask me what I think of those Shiraz/Viognier blends from Australia, as if the blend is only done there. Reality is that Cote-Rotie in Northern Rhone has been making that blend for centuries.
This nice little wine has that lovely elegance and finesse found in Northernn Rhone wines, and some might attribute that to the Viognier, maybe, but more likely it is the winemaker and vineyard managers decisions to make a balanced and aromatic wine rather than a big, jammy Shiraz many are used to.
In general I really like this wine and it is very good for the price. Even Robert Parker agrees with me on this one.
BIN: 0818850001029
Price: $20.00
Bottle Size: .750L
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Penfolds
Penfolds Grange Shiraz 1992
Australia, WINES
One of the greatest Shiraz blends ever produced.
This item is limited in quantity, only 3 available.
BIN: 1003001
Price: $295.00
Bottle Size: .750L
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Penfolds
Penfolds Grange Shiraz 1995
Australia, WINES
One of Australia's greatest wines.
This item is limited in quantity, only 1 available.
BIN: 1003002
Price: $260.00
Bottle Size: .750L
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Oliverhill Winery
Oliverhill Shiraz Jimmy Section 2006, McLaren Vale
Australia, WINES
Big and unctuous wine, loved by the critics, escpecially Robert Parker of the Wine Advocate who ranked it among the best of the vintage (93pts). Rare for a big Aussie Shiraz, this wine is aged in all French oak, 1/3 of which was new. Rich and concentrated, the wine is a blockbuster now and will be tempered with a few years of aging.
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Price: $28.98
Bottle Size: .750L
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Marquis Philips
Marquis Philips Cabernet Sauvignon S2 2001
Australia, WINES
This lush, ripe McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon is just right for consuming now, perhaps with a short decanting. It is full-bodied and dense with black currant notes mingling with a touch of vanilla. This is the winery project that put Sarah and Sparky Marquis (of Mollydooker fame) on the map.
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Price: $54.00
Bottle Size: .750L
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Marquis Philips
Marquis Philips Shiraz 9 2001
Australia, WINES
The blockbuster 2001 Shiraz 9 (aged in 100% American oak for 12 months prior to bottling) boasts an opaque inky/blue/purple color as well as a stunning bouquet of melted licorice intermixed with creme de cassis, blackberries, white chocolate, and pepper. It possesses great flavor intensity, marvelous purity, and superb definition for such a sexy, opulent, blockbuster Shiraz fruit bomb. There is plenty of tannin under the wealth of glycerin and fruit, but this is a wine to enjoy now and over the next 12-15 years. - Robert Parker, The Wine Advocate
Marquis Philips was the first wine project for Sarah and Sparky Marquis of the Mollydooker fame.
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Price: $58.00
Bottle Size: .750L
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Mollydooker
Carnival of Love 2006
Australia, WINES
The 2006 Shiraz “Carnival of Love” was sourced from a single vineyard. The sensational nose, consisting of violets, lilacs, meat, game, leather, blueberry, and chocolate, leaps from the glass. On the palate this full-bodied wine somehow manages to combine power with elegance. The sweet tannins are well-concealed and the finish lasts for at least one minute. It will provide pleasure for 25 years but who will be that patient?
97 pts -- The Wine Advocate | #8 in Winespectator's Top 100 wines of the year (95pts).
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Price: $83.95
Bottle Size: .750
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Rolf Binder
Rolf Binder Heysen Shiraz 2005, Barossa Valley
Australia, WINES
Only 250 cases of this wine have found it's way to the USA, this is a very distinctive wine that has been rated quite highly over the last few vintages, but the 2005 is clearly one of the wineries finest. Jay Miller, Robert Parkers reviewer for the wines of Australia and Spain rates the wine 96 points and calls it an "...opulent, complex and intensly flavored wine...".
Rare, delicious and highly rated for less than $100, how can you go wrong.
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Price: $66.00
Bottle Size: .750L
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