Kilikanoon Wine Packs

Every now and then a plan comes together. This time, it’s the creation of a reasonably priced Cab dozen with a discount of 65%

You’ll be getting 4 of Kilikanoon’s sumptuous 95pt Cab, 4 of Karl’s Scepter’s 94pt, complex and cedary Coonawarra Cab. 4 bottles also of Showblocks decadent $85 a bottle, 96 point McLaren Cab. Finally, we’ve managed to include a bot of Yaldara’s Grand Shiraz, a 96pt, $250 a bottle, Barossa stunner!

You've been asking us for more mixed pack content, so here you go!

Award winning Adelaide Hills Sauv Blanc, award winning sparkling, creamy Barossa Chardonnay, single vineyard Shiraz from Mitchell, a couple of crackers from Kilikanoon, majestic Barossa Shiraz from Lone Palm, and plenty more besides. There's a wine in this pack for pretty much any occasion.

This mixed dozen is worth $893 but will only set you back $265 with no charge for Freight.

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The wines may all be red, but the variety here comes from the different varietals and regions it showcases.

Included in the pack are two bottles of Colab and Bloom's Sangiovese, made by Mike Farmilo who used to make Penfolds Grange. It has reviews like the following from Kim Brebach, "What a lovely surprise! OK, it’s not Brunello di Montalcino, but it’s a great bistro red that goes really well with tomatoes, olives, smoked meats, pork sausages, tasty cheeses and heaps more. Light on its feet, elegant even, but big on flavour. Love this! 94 points. A Must Try Red."

This pack also includes a couple of bottles of the ever-popular $75-a-bottle Angas King 2017 Reserve Shiraz, which has been one of our bestsellers in recent months, two bottles of Kilikanoon's incredible 95-point Clare Valley Cabernet, and a couple of Cape Jaffa's excellent Shiraz Cabernet.

To seal the deal, a bonus bottle of Lone Palm's $120-a-bottle, 96 point Barossa Shiraz. Something for everyone!

A Chrissie sixer for us means 6 of the best but without corporal punishment. Even your wallet will be ok given the baked in discount.

This contains a bottle each of

Wicks Pamela Sparkling, a trophy winning Adelaide Hills sparkling which is made using the Champagne method. Its one of the best Aussie sparklings money can buy.

Dowie Doole's Sparkling Shiraz, made entirely from an A-grade Shiraz solera which has been in continuous use since 1996. Stunning fruit and just slightly sweet, this is exceptional.

Jeanneret's Sevenhill Riesling- 96 points from Sam Kim. This offers an ethereal fragrance and a powerful core of intense Riesling fruit. Lively and beguiling simultaneously.

Kilikanoon Tregea Cabernet - this is Kilikanoon's Flagship Cab; rich and densely fruited, needs decanting and might just be the perfect thing to have with roast Lamb.

Lone Palm Old Vine Grenache. Old Vine Grenache with a splash of old vine Shiraz. !00% Barossa Valley, 100% French oak. Spicy, black fruited and beautifully balanced.

Irvine Grand Merlot 2018. Australia's greatest Merlot; rich and smooth, laden with ripe tobacco leaf, plums and more. Just a beautiful thing to put in your head.

We are pretty confident this is the best Cab Family varietals pack we've ever put together. For $295 you'll be getting 2 bottles of Irvine's Grand Merlot, worth $300 - yep the one where 2 vintages have been awarded best Merlot in the world. Rest of the pack is compelling too - a couple of bottles of Kilikanoon Tregea Cab. This is their flagship Cabernet which retails for $96 a bottle. A couple of Dowie Doole's flagship Architect Cab, a $90 a bottle, tiny production stunner and arguably the best McLaren Vale Cab available right now. Showblock Cab... another 96 pointer. Rounding the pack out, a couple of bottles apiece of the Karl's Scepter Coonawarra and Barossa Cabernets - sure these might not be super premiums like the wines above, but they are very, very good; much better than quaffers. All up $995 worth for just $295.

We had a bit of a think about which wines are floating our boat the most at the moment from a cellared perspective. You know, where the tannins have softened a bit and some complexity is emerging but there is still a solid accent on fresh, primary fruit. We settled on five wines: a 96-pointer from Mitchell (The Peppertree), a 95-pointer from Angas King, Kilikanoon's trophy-winning Grenache, JJ Hahn's 96-pointer from a vineyard planted in the 1890s and a 96-pointer from McLaren Vale. These are bulletproof and will work when you crack 'em at home, as a gift, or for when you head around to friends for a catch up. That all seemed like we were making things a bit too easy, so we've given you some homework in the form of two bottles of Yaldara's 96 point, $250-a-bottle Grand Cuvee Shiraz. You could study these now, but you'll want to bust out the cheat notes (decanter) so you can get a good sense of what's going on here. Do that, and you'll find these very engaging and informative already. Failing that, stick 'em away for a decade or so!

Shiraz might be King, but in a world where Charles/Chas/Chuckles of Windsor looks like an anemic alternative to his departed mum (bless ‘er cotton socks), we thought we’d offer you some alternative varietals actually capable of out-performing even the previous incumbent. Yes, Charles might be a watery Moscato to Her Maj’s compelling Barossa Shiraz, but we reckon we’ve conjured some alternatives which would see Charles abdicate and QE2, if she were still imbibing, pour a second glass.

All up $718 worth of alternatives for just $199.

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