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Red
750ml
Bottle: $27.20
12 bottles: $22.80
Piercing aromas of cassis, mulberry leaf, pencil shavings, dried sage and bay leaf, draped across the broad tannic...
WA
93
JS
93
Rapid Ship
White
750ml
Bottle: $29.90
12 bottles: $29.30
There's an oceanic quality to the nose; lime blossom and sea shells. Fresh, evolving and textured with layered...
12 FREE
DC
92
WE
92
Dessert/Fortified Wine
750ml
Bottle: $20.80
12 bottles: $20.38
Pool party sort of sauvignon that manages to maintain structural integrity with juicy acidity and a soapy rail of...
JS
89
Red
750ml
Bottle: $20.80
12 bottles: $20.38
Juicy and fresh, with blood orange, raspberry and maraschino cherry flavors and accents of clove, rosemary and cedar...
WS
88
Case only
Long-term Pre-Arrival
Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $57.09
From a cool year, this is perfumed and intense. With buoyant acidity, the silky, cedar-edged cassis, mulberry,...
DC
96
WE
94
Case only
Long-term Pre-Arrival
Red
750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $37.80
Leeuwin Estate is investing heavily in Shiraz and it shows. New plantings, clones, whole-bunch ferments and bigger...
DC
95
WA
93

Australia

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.