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 each of three alternative McLaren Vale/Fleurieu Peninsula reds from Colab and Bloom, made by Mike Farmilo who used to make Penfolds Grange. The Sangiovese, Montepulciano and Tempranillo are all award winners, with reviews like the following from Kim Brebach (of the Sangiovese): "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 Wishbone'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 single vineyard temp from and highly regarded Macclesfield Vineyard. Medium-bodied with an emphasis on red fruits, violets, cherry, hints of cola, and spice. Length is good, perfect with Tapas.
The best vintage yet of this superb Monte from the Fleurieu Peninsula. A beautifully structured mid-weight wine. Powerful blue and black fruits, black cherry and bay leaf. Quite big by Monte standards with a decent lick of oak. Needs decanting to coax out the fruit suggesting that will be a long-lived wine.
A stunningly complex Sangio which opens up over 24 hours. So this one is definitely worth decanting! Red fruits, wood smoke, chalky tannins, rhubarb, blue fruits, tarragon, thyme and graphite. A stunning accompaniment to a meat and cheese plate, prosciutto pizza and most tapas.
95pts Sam Kim, 94pts Wine Pilot, 94pts Kim Brebach
A varietally fragrant, medium-bodied, and intensely fruited Cabernet from the Kilikanoon stable. Violets, black cherries, and blackcurrants announce themselves on the nose and then invite themselves in to lie on a plush bed of tannin fluffed atop a selection of gorgeous cedar. A superb Cab from perhaps the Clare Valley's finest producer.
Rich, black, dark, deep, powerfully fruited and structured with a decent lick of oak. Old school but drinking beautifully thanks to its age. Blackcurrant, black olives, bay leaf, dark chocolate, zesty acidity and cedary oak make this a powerful pleasure right now. Will continue to improve tho, for at least a decade.
This is a blend of old vine Riverland Shiraz and powerful Barossa Cabernet. There are red and black fruit aromatics and flavours, including chocolate, cherries, graphite and violets. An excellent steak wine.
An explosive Barossa Shiraz from low yielding, old vineyards in Marananga and Stonewell, planted to the R6 and 1654 clones. There’s old vine fruit from Greenock, the vines so old that the clonal selection is unknown. Matured in a combination of new French and older American oak, this is a stunning Barossa Shiraz offering dense black fruits, blue fruits, blackberries, coffee, graphite, chocolate, minerals, liquorice, spice, blueberries, cedar and firm tannins. Stunning.
