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Nostalgic aromas of the Aussie bush, with a core of sweet cherries doused with cloves and cardamon. Smoked...
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This Shiraz is deep red in colour, underpinned by bright purple hues. Lifted and complex on the nose, the Shiraz...
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The 2020 Capensis Western Cape Chardonnay is a culmination of eight remarkable vineyards – a balanced, layered, and...
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Offers Kalamata olive, spice, date nut bread and black licorice notes, which add complexity to the core of tangy...
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This wine is pale gold with a slight green tinge. On the nose are aromas of stone fruit and lime. The palate is light...
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2020 was a wild ride in Western Australia: the yields were down across the board, berries were smaller due to dry...
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$16.66
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On the nose, signature white pepper with violets and blackcurrant flavours combine with baking spice.The wine has a...
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$28.00
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The 2020 Chardonnay has a nicely detailed bouquet, not complex yet taut and focused, offering orchard fruit and...
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Impressive, this is both powerful and elegant, with bittersweet chocolate, fresh blackberry and strong Earl Grey tea...
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Violet florals with blueberries, blackberries and blackcurrants. The fruit-focused palate has a smooth sheen of...
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Juicy and fresh, with blood orange, raspberry and maraschino cherry flavors and accents of clove, rosemary and cedar...
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Rated 93 - "I love Syrah,” says Natasha Williams, and it shows in the quality of her new release from a single...
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Cheery ruby colour in the glass, this Shiraz offers fresh aromas of black cherry, plums and fruit cake spice. A...
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This wine represents the pinnacle of style and quality of Moorooduc Estate ‘McIntyre Vineyard’ Chardonnay. A...
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$33.60
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Inviting aromas of plums, black cherries, blueberries and black pepper. Medium-bodied with slightly tight tannins....
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A lovely herbal nose of rosemary, sage, pine and crushed blackberries. Full-bodied with so much to unpack. Complex,...
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On the nose this wine shows great citrus aspects and winter melon notes with some light toasted brioche in the...
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Produced from a family owned, single vineyard estate. This elegant Chardonnay has a beautiful, intense straw yellow...
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• Syrah.
• Sourced from a single vineyard on the east-facing slopes of Colbinabbin in the northern Mount Camel...
Chardonnay Syrah 2020 Australia South Africa
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.
Known as Syrah in most countries around the world, and Shiraz in Australia and certain other regions of the New World, this grape varietal has proven over the centuries to be one of the most powerful and flavorful red wine grapes there is. It is now one of the planet's most widely grown grapes, and is a favorite with wineries as a result of its robustness and versatility. It isn't easy to identify many characteristics of this particular varietal, due to the fact that it is highly versatile and shows significant differences in flavor and character depending on the terroir it is grown in, and the climatic conditions of the region. However, Syrah is most widely associated with full bodied, strong and loud red wines, packed full of fruity and spicy flavors, held in a beautifully deep red liquid.
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.
Situated on the very tip of the African continent, South Africa has proved itself over three centuries to be an ideal location for producing a wide range of wines. Benefiting from something not dissimilar to a Mediterranean climate, with long, hot summers complemented by both Atlantic and Indian Ocean winds, the grapes which grow on the valleys, mountainsides and plains of this fascinating country can ripen to their fullest capacity, producing wines packed full of fruity flavors and an array of interesting and enticing aromas. As a former colony, South Africa has long since been home to a range of different nationalities, who each brought something of their wine culture with them. As such, many European grape varietals such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Riesling and others have been given time to flourish in South Africa, allowing the country to develop a diverse group of wine types which are proving increasingly popular around the world.