Mostly Shiraz With A Marvellous Malbec

4 strapping reds and a baker's bonus for your consideration. Here’s what had us marvelling at each of these wines...

Zonte’s Violet Beauregard Malbec 2017
Plenty of blueberries, mulberries, cherries and violets on the go here. Super smooth drinking with excellent length, finishing with tight finely-grained tannins. It’s drinking well now but will cellar for the next 5+ years.

Murray Street Black Label Shiraz 2016
This is warm, black-fruited and spicy Barossa Shiraz which is both packed with flavour and easy to drink. There’s blackberry, pepper, plum and a gentle brush of oak leading to a fine tannin finish. Moreish.

Hardy’s Insignia McLaren Vale Shiraz
A rich, medium-bodied and fruit-intense McLaren Vale Shiraz this, offering plums, chocolate, black cherries and a spicy lick of oak. The fruit intensity is bolstered by plenty of juicy acidity and the tannins are fine and quite soft. It will cellar well for a few years but there ain’t no need for such malarkey, just rip off the lid and enjoy this fruity beast now.

Hesketh Winemaker's Selection Shiraz 2017
A medium-bodied, red and blue fruit driven Shiraz sourced from 2 premium South Australian Vineyards. Fermentation and ageing are completed in older French oak. The net result is a lip-smacking, drink now red with decent intensity of fruit along with chocolate and a little white pepper.

Martins Limited Shiraz 2016
Medium to full bodied, this offers exceptional clarity of blue and black fruits... drink any time over the next 10 years.