Just Trophy winners here. Majella’s 4x trophy winning Cab which picked up every trophy it was eligible for at the Cowra Show and is Winestate’s reigning Champion Cabernet of the year! Heirloom’s, 2022 Alcala Grenache, just awarded the Decanter Trophy for best Grenache in the WORLD from a massive field. Dandelion’s Lion’s Tooth Shiraz blend, winner of not just best Shiraz blend, not just best red wine, but best wine of the entire McLaren Vale Wine Show. Plus Heirloom’s trophy winning 2018 McLaren Shiraz, Bleasdale’s Trophy winning Tempranillo and Elysian Springs, rich, soft and smooth, Trophy winning, Adelaide Hills Syrah. Rippers, one and all.
Gold Medal, 95pts James Halliday, 95pts Wine Pilot
A relatively big and rich Grenache offering red fruits, woodsmoke and lavender on the nose. The palate is full, loaded with blackberries, red fruits, savoury aspects and herbs. Needs decanting or cellaring.
2 x Gold Medal, Top Gold, 2 x Trophies, 94pts James Halliday
A wine that is both powerful and zesty with black fruits ceding to citrus thanks to the inclusion of a small percentage of Riesling juice and skins in the ferment. There are plums, mulberries, spice, lavender, earth, citrus, balsamic and more in this powerful and complex blend. Decant if you are going to drink now – otherwise consider cellaring.
Platinum Medal , 3 x Gold Medals, 93pts Huon Hooke
Low yields, very careful fruit selection, hands on winemaking with whole bunches and open fermentation and the use of high quality French and Bulgarian oak have conspired again to produce a stunningly intense McLaren Vale Shiraz. It offers blackberries and cedary oak, great length and deeply intense silken black and blue fruits, anise and chocolate all settling nicely into a really satisfying drink. Super intense, chewy and rich but not overblown. Awesome now and should cellar beautifully. Remarkable value for money.
Trophy, 2 x Gold Medals, 95pts Sam Kim, 96pts Kim Brebach
Showing exceptional colour, this Syrah immediately presents flavours of black and blueberries, cherry, and a hint of white pepper. It delivers a beautiful velvet trail with oak detected in the background. This is a quintessential modern Australian shiraz that is absolutely worthy of your consideration.
Gold , Top Gold - Royal Adelaide Wine Show, 5 x Gold Medal, Top Gold, 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.
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.
