Australia

See how the Aussies can do a Malbec - care needed as like most things Australian.

Classically textured, violet in hue with an exotically perfumed nose. 

Country: Australia

Region: Western Australia

ABV: 15%

Grapes:  100% Malbec

Vegan/Vegetarian

A lovely Australian Chardy that benefits from more of the tropical fruit flavours of the grape, so often overpowered by oak in other wines.

Soft peach aromas, lovely ripe melon and apple characters, all mingling with touches of pear and honey. Bright, zingy and well balanced with gentle acidity and a smooth, tropical fruit finish.

Country: France

Region: South East Australia

ABV: 13%

Grapes:  100% Chardonnay

The Googly is the creation of the cricket fanatics at One Chain Vineyard (a chain being the old imperial measurement for 22 yards – the length of a cricket pitch). Luckily you don't have to be a cricket connoisseur to appreciate the quality of their wines!

In the early 1990s, Magpie identified this special site - a single vineyard of Grenache and Mourvèdre. After an olympic blending exercise one night with the wine from here, they name the vineyard 'Clovella'. This wine is a heady embrace of dark spice; it's no coincidence that there’s a distinct clove note in this wine. Bright, fresh, textural in spite of 22 months ageing in older French oak. Soft, moreish and foody.

Country: Australia

Region: Barossa

Grapes: Grenache and Mourvedre

ABV: 14%

Food Match

Slow cooked lamb shanks

The label design inspiration is all about the meeting of mouths, that energy before lips meet, whether meeting a glass of wine or each other. Two varieties blending into one....

From estate owned vineyards in Victoria, Australia; the Heilan Coo is a silky Shiraz based blend with a touch of spicy Mataro, finished with a (cow) lick of toasty oak.

Country: Australia

Region: Victoria

ABV: 14%

Grapes: Shiraz, Mataro

Gorgeous, ripe white peach and lime with subtle toasted hazelnut characters. The palate is rich, textural and layered with a long, mineral finish. 

Country: Australia

Region: Tasmania

Grapes: Chardonnay

ABV: 13.5%

Subtle mocha and a sweetness from the vanillin oak complement the fruit aromas. Full bodied with assertive, brick dust tannins.

The dense palate is dark and brooding with blackberry, blueberries and couverture. Oak integration is seamless. There is a sense of both elegance and power; the flavours deepen and spread across the palate, freshened with balanced acidity, building to a tight and fine pure cabernet finish.

Margaret River, Australia

Grapes:  100% Cabernet Sauvignon

Food Match:  Manchego cheese, BBQ veal

Stella Bella is a leading producer in the Margaret River region. Established in 1998 by Stuart Pym, who remains with them today as their Consulting Winemaker, Stuart oversees Senior Winemaker Luke Jolliffe and is currently embarking on his 27th Margaret River vintage. Stella Bella owns 5 exceptional vineyards throughout the cooler and increasingly prized central and southern areas of the Margaret River wine region, one of which, the Suckfizzle vineyard, is the most south-westerly vineyard on the continent. The Stella Bella wines have been highly reviewed and awarded internationally with 5 red stars with James Halliday (the highest accolade for a wine producer) and numerous gold medals and international trophies including the Mission Hill Trophy from the International Wine & Spirit Competition for Top International Chardonnay.

A serious wine that would make the medieval monks of Burgundy proud! Silky and smooth, perfectly balanced Pinot.

Country: Australia

Region: Mornington Peninsula

Grapes: Pinot Noir

ABV: 14%

Almost unparalleled in his dedication to the cause of fine, terroir wines, Tom Carson has divided his Yabby Lake vineyard area into no fewer than 90 blocks with 10 clones of Pinot Noir & 7 of Chardonnay. Each plot is raised and vinified separately.

The aromas of this wine match the impressive colour; dark and laden with black fruit richness, paired to the subtle spice and creaminess of the oak bouquet. The length and intensity of black cherry, spiced plum and dark chocolate flavours prove the quality of this vineyard. The fresh lift, balance and tension of the finish points to many years of cellaring potential.

Country: Australia

Region: Hunter Valley, NSW

Grapes: Shiraz

ABV: 14.5%

Food Match: Beef fillet or mature cheddar

These thoughtful, hand-crafted wines hail from the Hunter Valley with a nod in part to the great Rhône Valley wines of Hermitage and Cote Rôtie. For those who may have tasted any legendary Hunter Shiraz wines of the 40s, 50s and 60s, tasting many of the modern Hunter wines can be a depressing experience but Keith Tulloch is very different, adding to that great legacy with a series of wines that uniquely capture the exotic spice and hedonistic pleasure of dense and rich Shiraz fruit. These are sensuous, subtle wines with the velvety texture of fine burgundy.

The nose is aromatic, full of floral and citrus notes. On the palate the wine shows jasmine and honeysuckle alongside lemon and lime citrus.

Country: Australia

Region: Margaret River, Western Australia

ABV: 13.5%

Grapes: Riesling

Food Match: Thai red chicken curry

French oak matured for 12 months, this wine is powerful and concentrated. The nose is full of ripe black fruit along with hints of cocoa, leather and licorice. On the palate it is generous and full bodied, smooth yet firm tannin and a very long finish seasoned with sweet spice and toasty oak. Drinking now through to at least 2030.

Country: Australia

Region: Margaret River, Western Australia

ABV: 13.5%

Grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon

Food Match: Rump steak

Very elegant and sophisticated Chardonnay from the highly regarded Leeuwin Estate in Margaret River. Quite pure and precise, like fine white burgundy, but with it's own unique Western Australian salinity and charm. Brilliant.

Country: Australia

Region: Margaret River, Western Australia

ABV: 13.5%

Grapes: Chardonnay

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