Songlines Estates Basket Pressed McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

Bright purple with bright red hue.Lovely intense highly fragrant nose showcasing fresh cut plum, blueberry and some olive notes. Spicy vanillin oak rounds out the nose without being overbearing.Classical McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon with our trademark style, the wine bursts onto the palate although is smooth as silk. Firm Cabernet Sauvignon tannins sensational fruit weight with highlighted notes of blackberry, blackcurrant, licorice, earth and just enough spice to add another level of complexity. The flavours evolve in the mouth and finish off with intensity typical of our style of wines.

Monolith Vintners Monolithic Old Vine Barossa Valley Shiraz 2017

A massive all-encompassing nose but once allowed to breathe you will find this mellows. Dark plum and cranberry notes with leather saddle and earth which indicates the age whilst pepper, dark chocolate, and black currants all play a role here. The oak influence is obvious despite its age and highlights the quality of the new oak used. The palate is concentrated and straight up its no shrinking violet, offering up tremendous texture and richness with notes of dark plum, cranberry, black olive, saddle leather, alcohol and scorched earth. Brooding and densely packed, this style of wine requires decanting and time to breathe to soften prior to consuming although will be cellared prior to release the wine has the fruit, alcohol and tannin structure to ensure cellaring for many more years where it will continue to evolve.

Viking Grand Barossa Valley GSM 2020

Deep purple in colour, with blackberry, plum and a burst of red cherry, accompanied by spice and white pepper aromas. The palate is a wonderful combination of red fruits and savoury undertones. Smooth tanins make for easy drinking with a soft lingering finish.

Kopparossa Coonawarra Reserve Shiraz 2019

Deep, earthy red with purple and plum coloured hues. Toasty, spicy, cherry plum, chocolate with a hint of mint. Velvety, ripe fleshy cherry fruit flavours with a lingering astringency- from firm supple grape and oak tannins. Still a youthful wine that will develop into a bigger, richer, complex individual, as time goes on. 

Striking Red Central Otago Pinot Noir 2019

Striking Red Pinot Noir exhibits fragrant bright redcurrant, wild thyme and spice aromatics that lead to an elegantly textured wine. The palate shows great finesse, poise and drive with complex mouth filling, fine grained tannins,ideally suited for those that enjoy a good Central Otago Pinot Noir with food.

Normans Chais Clarendon McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

Black squid ink, impenetrable colour. The nose shows dark fruits, dark chocolate and olive notes with rich blackcurrant and violets leading in to a richly flavoured palate. The palate shows elegance and length with dark plum and olive flavours relishing. There is a lot of complexity of flavors and mid palate richness derived from obvious highly concentrated fruit and well-balanced oak usage. The obvious finesse and length along with the finely grained yet expressive tannins in this wine shows it has great cellaring potential and could be a true treasure over the years to come.

Sieur d Arques Pure Velvet Marselan 2019

A beautiful red colour with ruby highlights. The complex nose reveals aromas of red fruits such as cherry or blackberry. The mouth is well balanced with supple and melted tannins. The finish is fruity, silky, slightly spicy with good length. 

Curtis Family Martins Vineyard Limited McLaren Vale Shiraz 2020

Deep dark purple. The aroma displays lifted fresh berry fruits including blackberry, raspberry and mulberries with hints of spice. The palate displays red berry fruits and fine, tannins which provide a structured wine. with generous fruit characters. Balanced by integrated oak and which come together to produce a wine with great balance and style.

Songlines Estates Basket Pressed McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

95 Point Rated - Sam Kim Wine Orbit

"This is solidly built and sumptuous, showing crème de cassis, spicy oak, subtle tobacco, olive and rich floral aromas, leading to a robust palate that's gorgeously fruited and beautifully layered with fine texture and chalky tannins. Wonderfully harmonious and structured, promising to evolve gracefully. At its best: 2024 to 2039. $50.00. www.songlinesestates.com.au. Sept 2022."

Songlines Estates Basket Pressed McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

95 Point Rated - Melbourne International Wine Competition

Songlines Estates Basket Pressed McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

94 Point Rated - Australian Wine Showcase Magazine

"Aromas of cassis, coffee and rhubarb lift out of the glass, and vibrant red berries fill the mouth with lovely flavours. Well-structured palate."

Monolith Vintners Monolithic Old Vine Barossa Valley Shiraz 2017

96 Point Rated - Australian Wine Showcase Magazine

"Aromatic and spicy nose. Ripe rich fruit with plenty of spicy characters all nicely integrated with the oak treatment. Drink now or keep."

Kopparossa Coonawarra Reserve Shiraz 2019

95 Point Rated - Australian Wine Showcase Magazine

"A rich rounded nose. Voluptuous, lip smacking wine showing lovely oak spice, balanced with sweet, ribena like fruit."

Striking Red Central Otago Pinot Noir 2019

92 Point Rated & 4.5 Star Rated Sam Kim Wine Orbit

"Beautifully fruited and elegantly complex, the wine shows sweet cherry, mixed spice, thyme and cedar notes on the nose, followed by a finely flowing palate that's succulent and rounded. Fine-grained tannins provide lovely frame and structure, leading to a lingering silky finish."

Normans Chais Clarendon McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

95 Point Rated - Australian Wine Showcase Magazine

"Delightful sweet oaky lift on nose. elegantly structured palate with fine tannins and savoury fruit finish."

Normans Chais Clarendon McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

94 Point Rated - Sam Kim Wine Orbit

"It’s immediately appealing on the nose with crème de cassis, vanilla, dried herb and roasted nut characters, followed by a sturdy palate offering rich fruit intensity together with spicy nuances. Tannins are beautifully polished and in abundance, making it wonderfully structured and persistent on the finish. At its best: now to 2027. $46.00. www.normanswines.com. Aug 2022."

Sieur d Arques Pure Velvet Marselan 2019

Christy Canterbury Sélection - MW 

Award : Best Marselan - A Grape Worth Getting to Know!

"There are some excellent Marselan wines in the market these days, and I think it is set to be a highly popular grape. If you haven't tried one, this shows the all of the immediate appeal that I think will set the grape up for fame.Smelling of blackberries and black currants, this is a vibrant, firm and structured wine. Its juicy core nicely showcases its succulent fruits. Tangy acidity contrasts the full-ish body and meshes well with the moderately strappy tannins. The moderate finish tacks on a minerally tingle." 

Sieur d Arques Pure Velvet Marselan 2019

International Wine Challenge London

"Youthful, juicy and fruit-driven with bright berry character and abundant oak."

Curtis Family Martins Vineyard Limited McLaren Vale Shiraz 2020

97 Point Rated - Sam Kim Wine Orbit 

"This is gloriously rich and enticing with blackberry, warm spice, tapenade and cedary oak characters on the nose. The palate is equally impressive, displaying outstanding weight and power combined with velvety mouthfeel, finishing superbly long and delicious. At its best: now to 2040. $150.00"

Curtis Family Martins Vineyard Limited McLaren Vale Shiraz 2020

96 Point Rated - Ken Gargett Wine Pilot

"This wine is part of a limited series of McLaren Vale Shiraz from the Martins Vineyard and for me, perhaps the most impressive in the range – which is saying something as it has plenty of competition. Vibrant purple in colour, this offers a lovely seductive nose, which is deeply flavoured with blackberry notes, plums, boot leather, bergamot, black cherries and spices. Hints of oak but melding well. Dense in structure though well balanced at all times, this is very long and has satiny tannins in abundance. It should sail through a decade in the cellar, though is drinking well now. Simply a cracking McLaren Vale Shiraz. Price: $150.00; Alcohol: 14.5%"

Songlines Estates Basket Pressed McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

Gold Medal

Melbourne International Wine Competition

Australian Wine Showcase Magazine

Monolith Vintners Monolithic Old Vine Barossa Valley Shiraz 2017

Gold Medal

Australian Wine Showcase Magazine

Kopparossa Coonawarra Reserve Shiraz 2019

Gold Medal

Australian Wine Showcase Magazine 

Normans Chais Clarendon McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

Gold Medal

Australian Wine Showcase Magazine

Sieur d Arques Pure Velvet Marselan 2019

Award Winner

International Wine Challenge 2021

Outpointed Big Names Wines Including;

Saltram The Journal Centenarian Old Vine Shiraz 2016 ($175 A Bottle & 93 Point Rated James Halliday)

D'Arenberg Dead Arm Shiraz 2017 ($75 A Bottle & 90 Point Rated James Halliday)

Gralyn Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2007 ($110 A Bottle & 94 Point Rated James Halliday)

Songlines Estates Basket Pressed McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

“Songlines” are invisible pathways which criss cross the land all over Australia and stretch across continents and ages. The exceptional wine is named Songlines as it perfectly encapsulates the importance of the land, people and knowledge learned over time and across continents.

2021 growing season had very good winter rainfall. A dry spring followed encouraging healthy growth. The long dryIndian summer that followed meant great concentration of flavours. The conditions continued through autumn with warm conditions which in turn meant disease was not a factor and contributed to natural fermentation. After handpicking whole bunches we allowed the fruit to be cold macerated for 24 hours to ensure brightness and depth of flavour. After this fermentation occurred in small open top fermenters with and we hand plunged over a two-week period. Then we basket pressed and drained into 30% New French oak and 70% older American oak hogshead barrels for a period of 12 months before bottling with minimal fining or filtration to ensure the wines true character was fulfilled.

A wine that will stand the test of time, drinking well now or over Next 10 years.

Monolith Vintners Monolithic Old Vine Barossa Valley Shiraz 2017

The 2017 vintage will go down as one of the finest vintages in the history of the Barossa. The vintage indicated early the supreme quality that would be produced by the dry grown, old vines that yielded the fruit we isolated for this special trail blend which was only the second in our history. Good winter rains were key as was the spring rains followed by a cooler than average summer which made for the near perfect conditions to create icon Barossa Shiraz. We hand-picked the fruit and it was transported to the winery where it was gently de-stemmed into concrete open top fermenters. It was then carefully nurtured for 7 days on skins with pump overs occurring twice daily, varying in duration and intensity. When primary fermentation was almost complete, the wine was drained from the skins and the must is gently basket pressed for 8 hours. The wine was transferred into new oak to complete primary fermentation is completed and left in the same new French and American barrels where it spent the next 36 months with submerged bung with only one topping and sulphur addition. The wine was then blended, and the barrels were bottled without the use of filtration or fining. 

A wonderful example of big and bold Barossa Shiraz which will stand the test of time, ensure it is allowed to breathe for at least 2 hours prior to consuming.

Viking Grand Barossa Valley GSM 2020

The grapes are picked and delivered to the winery and gently worked through the de-stemmer before being transferred to an open fermenter. The juice is pumped over daily to extract as much concentrated fruit as possible for a week period before draining and being basket pressed. The skins are then gently pressed for approximately 24 hours. After the wine has completed its malolactic ferment, it is matured in new and seasoned American oak barrels prior to bottling with minimal fining and filtration.

Striking Red Central Otago Pinot Noir 2019

This vibrant fruit driven Central Otago Pinot Noir is crafted from grapes grown on the glacial terraces in the Upper Clutha Valley  of Central Otago, one of the southernmost winegrowing regions in the world. The vines are intensively managed by hand to achieve perfectly ripe fruit for winemaking. All grapes are carefully harvested by hand with only the best fruit going to the winery.

Normans Chais Clarendon McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

Hand picked then fermented in small stainless steel fermentors to maintain strong fruit flavor from skins. The wine then went into American and French oak barrels for the remainder of ferment where it spent an extended period of time to allow full flavor development and fruit and oak to balance and compliment each other.

Sieur d Arques Pure Velvet Marselan 2019

Hot prefermentation maceration followed by traditional vinification at controlled temperature to maintain the freshness of the aromas.

Curtis Family Martins Vineyard Limited McLaren Vale Shiraz 2020

Curtis Family Vineyards sources fruit from a combination of owned vineyards and premium McLaren Vale growers. The blend of individual vineyard and sub-regional characteristics is the key to the resulting style. Sub regions are Blewitt Springs, McLaren Flat, Willunga and McLaren Vale.

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1x Curtis Family Martins Vineyard Limited McLaren Vale Shiraz 2020

97 POINT RATED SAM KIM WINE ORBIT & 96 POINT RATED KEN GARGETT WINE PILOT