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From the small region of Robe in the southeastern corner of South Australia, this Cab-Syrah blend shows distinctive...
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Juicy and fresh, with notes of toasted herbs, bittersweet chocolate, Earl Grey tea and a core of black cherry,...
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Spicy plum, cherry, and blackberry flavors result in an approachable, fruit-driven wine with a smooth finish.
750ml
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$11.69
$12.99
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Pale straw green in colour. Yellow peach and ripe nectarine aromas with wild honey and hints of lemon myrtle. These...
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$11.99
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The Stargazing Juicy Red is Riverlife by Oxford Landing’s vibrant and glimmering attempt to give the night sky of...
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The superb quality of fruit allocated in this luscious blend – dubbed by many as 'baby Grange' – represents...
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$15.17
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Tropical fruits dance across the palate...vivacious, crisp, attractive! Crisp and succulent acid structure is...
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Fresh flavors of stone fruit, citrus, and grapefruit pith. Creamy, crème brulee-like. French oak lingers with a...
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$19.60
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Colour: Crimson core with magenta brightness at the rim.
Nose: A bluestone slatiness and waft of iron filings...
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Bright and textural with ripe blood plums, dark cherry, and blackberries -amplified by tones of vanilla bean...
750ml
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$79.90
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Fermented wild in new and used 500L puncheons; matured for 10 months with the occasional stir. Among the country's...
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A sleek, mid-weighted & very contemporary chardonnay, embellishing a pungent mineral chassis with roasted cashew,...
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$14.30
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For every bottle of The Hidden Sea that we sell, we remove and recycle 10 plastic bottles from the ocean. PALATE:...
750ml
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$14.30
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$11.70
For every bottle of The Hidden Sea that we sell, we remove and recycle 10 plastic bottles from the ocean. PALATE:...
750ml
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$21.20
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$20.78
A pretty, if slightly restrained nose. The Zibibbo florals leap through the dusky, brambly red varieties like a...
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Penfolds Cabernet Shiraz Bin 389 2015
750ml - Case of 6
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$69.64
TOP 100 AUSTRALIAN WINES OF 2017 #38 - Cabernet just has the upper hand in the blend at 53%; this continues as a...
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Penfolds Cabernet Shiraz Bin 389 2016
750ml - Case of 6
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The personality of this warmer-vintage Bin 389 is big, bold and welcoming. Coal smoke and graphite intertwine with...
Chardonnay Red Blend Australia Mount Lofty Ranges South Australia 750ml
Of all the white wine grape varietals, surely the one which has spread the furthest and is most widely appreciated is the Chardonnay. This green skinned grape is now grown all over the Old and New Worlds, from New Zealand to the Americas, from England to Chile, and is one of the first varietals people think of when considering white wine grapes. Perhaps this is because of its huge popularity which reached a peak in the 1990s, thanks to new technologies combining with traditional methods to bring the very best features out of the Chardonnay grape, and allow its unique qualities to shine through. Most fine Chardonnay wines use a process known as malolactic fermentation, wherein the malic acids in the grape juice are converted to lactic acids, allowing a creamier, buttery nature to come forward in the wine. No grape varietal is better suited to this process than Chardonnay, which manages to balance these silky, creamy notes with fresh white fruit flavors beautifully.
Whilst most of Australia consists of arid deserts and dense bushland, the oceanic coasts to the south of the country have a terrain and climate ideal for vine cultivation and wine production. It took several decades of failed attempts at the end of the 18th century in order to produce vines of a decent enough quality for making wine, but since those first false starts, the Australian wine industry has continued to grow and grow. Today, wine production makes up for a considerable part of the Australian economy, with exports in recent years reaching unprecedented levels and even overtaking France for the first time ever. Whilst the greatest successes in regards to quality have been the result of the Syrah grape varietal (known locally as Shiraz), Australia utilizes several Old World grapes, and has had fantastic results from Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Riesling, Chardonnay and more. As the Australian passion for locally produced wine continues to develop, wineries have begun experimenting with a wider range of grape varietals, meaning that nowadays it isn't uncommon to find high quality Australian wines made from Petit Verdot, Sangiovese, Tempranillo and Viognier, amongst many others.
The vast region of South Australia is home to a wide variety of vineyards, growing a large range of different grape varietals. Because the South Australian wine region is so large, it benefits from a great array of climatic conditions – from dry and hot, to cool and windy – which wineries can use to their advantage when it comes to selecting the grape varietal they wish to thrive in a particular sub-region. South Australia is most commonly associated with the big, powerful and fruit-forward Shiraz wines which are produced in the cooler valley areas of the region, but recent decades have seen something of an explosion in the South Australian wine industry, leading to wineries expanding their repertoire enormously and experimenting with other fine grape varietals and making the most of their unique terroir.