Pacific Vintners Red Wine Packs

The $13-a-bottle baker's dozens have been going mental of late, such that editions one through three have sold out. We think this one is even better than its predecessors - well worth a look! You'll be getting three bottles apiece of Sieger's black fruited, old vine Barossa Shiraz, worth $50 a bottle; Karl's Scepter's Coonawarra Cab; 95 point old vine Shiraz from Red Deer and a lovely Yarra Shiraz as well. PLUS a bottle of Curtis Small Batch old vine McLaren Vale Shiraz. This has accrued scores at 95, 96, and 96 points and a couple of gold medals, too. RRP $100 a bottle! Learn More

Previous editions of '13 Bottles for 13 Bucks Apiece' have performed brilliantly, selling heaps, with a really high percentage of repeat orders. Fair call too, as they contained genuinely excellent wines at quaffing prices. It's taken us a while, but we reckon we've upped the ante here, increasing the quality while retaining the original price point. This time you'll get three each of a delightful McLaren Cab blend, the magnificent $75-a-bottle Angas King Reserve Shiraz, Red Deer's 95-point old vine Shiraz, and a lovely organic Shiraz. The 13th bottle? Curtis' old vine, 96-point, $100-a-bottle Small Batch Shiraz. Phwoar! Learn More

Four juicy and delicious reds designed for drinking in the near term. The Karl’s Scepter Shiraz brings lush black fruits, cedary oak, chocolate, spice, and more. The 12 Noon organic Shiraz is black, rich and lush, the Hastwell Cab blend medium bodied and refined, and the Red Deer Shiraz is a full throttle, old vine beauty! Read more about the winedirect.com.au Wine Club here or contact us at wineclub@winedirect.com.au for more info. Learn More

Every now and then a plan comes together. This time, it’s the creation of a reasonably priced Cab dozen which includes Winestate Magazine’s Cabernet of the year! And not just one bottle, we’ve managed to fit 4 bottles of it into this pack!

You’ll also be getting 4 of Kilikanoon’s sumptuous 95pt Cab, and 4 of Karl’s Scepter’s 94pt, complex and cedary Coonawarra Cab. Finally, we’ve managed to include a bot of Yaldara’s Grand Cab Shiraz, a 96pt, $200 a bottle, Barossa stunner!

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20 bucks a bottle for a dozen superb Cabernets here. The Scepters, which are from the Coonawarra and Barossa respectively, are varietal and full-flavoured, showing a deft winemaking hand and concentrated fruit. Dowie Doole's flagship, the very limited Architect Cab, is a $90-a-bottle thriller from the stunning '21 vintage. Just settling into its bones, the quality and power of fruit is already in evidence. Decant or, better still, cellar for a bit - this is on the way to turning itself into something very special. The bonus? A bottle of Yaldara's $250-a-bottle Grand Cuvee Barossa Shiraz. It's big - as you'd expect - but the oak, while evident, is on a tight leash, allowing the glorious fruit to really shine. Definitely decant or pop it in the dungeon for five or 10 years. Learn More

4 bottles each of Angas King’s magnificent, $75 a bottle, 2017 reserve Shiraz. We tried this twice on the tasting panel and loved it both times- it looked even better a day after opening and has a bright future ahead of it. Ken Gargett said, ‘still very young … powerful with a long and exciting future. Seamless, with bright acidity and silky tannins plus a very long finish which maintains the intensity. Drink now and for 10 to 20 years.’ You’ll also get 4 bottles of Martin’s 97 point $150 a bottle McLaren Vale Shiraz, and 4 of Karl Scepter’s 93-point, succulent and chocolatey Barossa Cab. Finally a $200 a bottle, 96 point Barossa Cab Shiraz from Yaldara! Learn More

Here’s a pack that pits powerful Barossa Shiraz against multifaceted McLaren Vale Shiraz... We’re hesitant to call it a fight to the death; more of an opportunity for you to compare and contrast the many and varied charms of exceptional Shiraz from what are arguably Australia’s two finest regions for full-bodied Shiraz.

From the Barossa, we have the Sieger Estate Old Vine Barossa Shiraz, a massive wine, loaded with black fruits, vanilla and showing the stamp of 18 months spent in cedary French oak. Plus, from a former Penfolds Grange maker, we have the Karl’s Scepter Barossa Shiraz, again with excellent depth of fruit and even more cedar, having spent a year in high quality French oak. There are black fruits, chocolate, vanilla, cherries, plum and spice.

From the McLaren Vale, we present Martins Limited Shiraz, reviewed at 97 points by Sam Kim and 96 by both Ken Gargett and Kim Brebach. Year in, year out, this is our bestselling super premium Shiraz. Fruits are blacks and blues, with blueberries, blackberries, olive tapenade, cedar and vanilla populating a powerful and long palate. The tannins are polished, waxy and plentiful. Also from McLaren Vale, the Pasha Shiraz, this is packed with uber ripe and gorgeously generous black fruits, dark cherry, compote, notes of furniture polish, spice, black pepper, chocolate, tobacco, and leather...

These are big wines, but rather than being a clash of the titans, perhaps this represents an opportunity to compare excellent examples of Shiraz from both the Barossa Valley and McLaren Vale. We’ve no doubt that, while you may identify a winner, it’ll be a close run thing.

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At just $15 a bottle, this could be our best ever value Shiraz pack. The 'quaffer', aka Yarra Celebration Shiraz has scored an average of 4.4 stars out of 5 from customers who have bought it from us. We like it too... good fruit, mid weight, too good to be called a quaffer. The Angas King is a $75 a bottle stunner from the Clare. Richness, intensity and complexity in spades here in a wine which is only just entering its ideal drinking window and will drink well for at least another decade. Sidewood's Shiraz has harvested 12 gold medals and 96 points from Halliday. These are estate grown, hand tended vines- with the best fruit picked by a Pellenc select harvester. Lesser quality fruit does not find its way into this wine. Consider also, the use of 12 individual clones separately wild yeast fermented, given extended maceration on skins in barrel and then matured for 15 months in 100% French oak, 25% of which is new. Finally, only the best barrels make the cut for bottling. Learn More

A wonderfully flavoursome mix of wines ready to go, right now. Hastwell's Cab blend, its plush and aromatic with a hint of star anise- perfect with Lamb. The Colab Shiraz is full bodied, full throttle McLaren goodness and the Scepter Coonawarra Cab offers violets, blue fruits and great length. Finally, the Colours of the South red blend, made by Grant Burge legend Craig Stansborough, is complex and meaty, the perfect red to pair with a big, beefy stew.

Read more about the winedirect.com.au Wine Club here or contact us at wineclub@winedirect.com.au for more info.

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It's not every day we can put a pack together that saves you close to $1,000. Here's one such pack: $1,239 worth of the good stuff, with 95 point, old vine Langhorne Shiraz, a lovely Barossa Shiraz from a former maker of Penfolds Grange, Dowie Doole's barrel select, $90-a-bottle flagship and Yaldara's $250 a bottle behemoth. Your wallet might feel like it's had a close shave, but really, it's just saved plenty. Learn More

Three Shiraz you could cellar but will give a heap of pleasure if you rip into them over the next year or so.

There’s the Yarra, made by a former Penfolds Grange maker, with its medium bodied fruit and savoury notes. The Tomich Woodside is consistently one of the best Shiraz outta the Adelaide Hills and the Sieben Klon is a big, black, structural Barossa beast with heaps of Generous fruit. All this for just $15 a bottle.

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A brilliant selection given the asking price here of just $15 a bottle. Lienert Brother's stunning $50 a bottle Barossa Shiraz which is packed with powerful fruit, old vine Shiraz from Red Deer, Karl Scepters' rich and replete Barossa Shiraz, made by a former Penfolds Grange winemaker, and Tomich’s spicy, mid weight Adelaide Hills Shiraz. Learn More