The 2023 Official Royal Adelaide Wine Show Dozen - Mixed
For the 15th consecutive year, winedirect.com.au has had the honour of being asked to curate the Official Royal Adelaide Wine Show Dozen. This is unequivocally the best to date.
It contains the winners of the following trophies:
1: Most Outstanding Red Wine in Show
2: Best Shiraz in Show
3: Best Shiraz 2020 Vintage and Older
4: Best Shiraz 2021 Vintage and Younger
5: Best Grenache in Show
6: Best Other Varietal Red in Show
7: Best Dry White Blend in Show
8: Best Sauvignon Blanc in Show
Yep, for the first time ever, we’ve managed to secure 8 trophy winners. The quality of each wine is utterly exceptional. Incredibly, 10 of the 12 wines in this dozen were not just gold medal winners, but Top Gold winners, pointed equal top of their class in the initial judging. These wines have done well elsewhere too. The Majella Cab is Winestate’s Cabernet of the year and has won 4 trophies to date. The Redbrook Shiraz has picked up 9 gold medals in other wine shows. We suspect this pack will sell fast. Grab one while you can.
Gold Medal, 95pts Sam Kim, 95pts Kim Brebach, 92pts James Halliday
Durif is the genetic offspring of Shiraz and Pelourisin. It’s rare and we love it here at WD. It is drought tolerant and retains acidity and bright fruit even when very ripe. Handled well it makes fruit-dense yet lively wines with an inky core and a strong spine of acidity. Winemakers use phrases like ‘Shiraz on steroids' and ‘akin to drinking fountain pen ink’ to describe it. This Curtis edition is a little more elegant than most and packs plums, blackberries, black cherries, black olive, vanilla, cedar, and more into a thyme spritzed package which is gorgeously sumptuous.
Gold, Top Gold and Trophy for best Grenache in Show Royal Adelaide Wine Show
Winner of Gold and Top Gold at the Adelaide Show and subsequently awarded the Trophy for best Grenache in show. An exceptional, medium bodied, old vine offering matured for 15 month in old oak, offering wonderful aromatics. Soft fruit is made mouthwatering thanks to excellent acidity.
Gold and Top Gold - Royal Adelaide Wine Show, Gold and Trophy - Royal Melbourne Wine Show, 93pts Wine Front
Dense in colour, this mid to full bodied Syrah reveals charm and nuance in its presentation of red and blue fruit aromatics, complexing a fruit intense palate offering mulberries, dark fruit goodness and pepper. Good levels of cedar and plenty of fine tannins too.
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The best fruit from the Estate vineyard was handpicked and fermented as 90% whole bunches then treated to 9 months in older, large format French oak. It’s complex, offering mulberries, liquorice, olive, cassis, white pepper and plums before finishing with curlicues of cedary oak and a wave of fine tannins. A spectacular Shiraz.
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Gold, Top Gold, Trophy for best other Red Varietal in Show - Royal Adelaide Wine Show, 93pts James Halliday
A brilliant, medium bodied, single vineyard temp with minimal oak influence. A wonderful red fruit and chocolate palate, complexity coming from the mix of red cherries, chocolate, supportive acidity and fine fruit tannins.
Gold, Top Gold Royal Adelaide Wine Show, Trophy for Best Sauvignon Blanc in Show
An exceptionally vibrant and well-balanced Sauvignon Blanc. Aromatics of cut grass, passionfruit and snow pea tendrils lead to a palate laden with the same, plus grapefruit, kaffir lime and more. Length and intensity are superb and the texture invites you to pour a second glass.
Gold, Top Gold, and Trophy for Best Shiraz 2021 Vintage and Younger Royal Adelaide Wine Show
A modern style of shiraz with ripe fruit and well apportioned. high quality oak given just enough opportunity to make its point without dominating the argument. The fruit here is old vine blues and blacks, with suggestions of herbs, liquorice and cedar. It is finished with beautifully fine tannins. Stunning.
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6 x Gold Medals, Top Gold - Royal Adelaide Wine Show, 4 x Trophies including Winestate's Cabernet of the Year
Coonawarra producer Majella is one of the most awarded wineries in the land. The family have been in the region for 5 generations, first planting vines in 1968. Today they have 144 acres of stunning vineyard and a trophy cabinet which is as chokkers as Jabba the Hut’s dressing gown. Their Composer 21 Cabernet has picked up a gold medal at the Royal Adelaide Wine show, 5 other golds, a top gold and 4 trophies, including the Winestate Magazine Trophy for best Cabernet of the year!!! This is medium bodied with bright red and blue fruits and cassis. There’s subtle French oak cedar and plenty of fine but assertive tannins on the finish.
A single vineyard Clare Riesling exhibiting citrus florals, lychee and lime on the nose. The palate follows suit, with concentrated Riesling flavours presented in a relatively textural setting.
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This is a gorgeously vibrant blend of Shiraz and Cab from the Limestone Coast. It has heady perfume of red fruits, blue fruits and florals leading to a palate bursting with cranberry, blackcurrants, mint, cedar and a hint of eucalypt
Gold and Top Gold - Royal Adelaide Wine Show, Gold and Top Gold at Barossa Valley Wine Show
Only 200 doz were made of this exceptional Vermentino which picked up a gold and top gold medal at both the Royal Adelaide and Barossa Wine Shows! Offers citrus and pear aromatics and a textural palate redolent of nashi pear, apples, citrus wildflowers and a hint of marzipan. Superb.
2 x Gold Medal, Top Gold and Trophy for best Dry White Blend in Show Adelaide
Deep Woods have quite the knack of picking up trophies! This is the second iteration of their Margaret River Ivory SSB to score a gold, top gold and Trophy at the Royal Adelaide Show. This edition has a heap of zip and crunch as snow pea, passionfruit, lemon curd and blossoms collide. As we’ve come to expect, perfectly attenuated acidity gives lift and life.
The Royal Adelaide Wine Show Catalogue of Results is a comprehensive listing of the judging results for the annual Royal Adelaide Wine Show in class order.
