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Clare Valley Shiraz are known for their elegance, refinement and grace. Reilly's aim to produce low volumes of exactingly crafted wines, picked off the finest estate vineyards. An old fashioned basket pressed Shiraz, from hand picked grapes grown to the eminent 1919 Block at Leasingham. Epitaph has been fashioned to traditional vinification techniques, treated to extended ferments for optimal uptake of tannin and fruit, gently basket pressed and sent to the luxury of the finest French oak for an extravagant twenty seven months maturation.

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Crimson black. Rich, fully fragrant nose, showing blackcurrants and cassis, pepper and chocolate box assortment. Blueberries and mint follow on to the palate. Displaying dark raspberry plum flavours, black pepper and spice, supported by smooth tannins and the supple influence of gentle oak. Soundly structured, an opulent Shiraz with everlasting finish.

Reilly's are a highly esteemed Clare Valley operation with a history that dates back to early settlement. While it's not quite the complete limerick, there once was a man named Reilly, who cobbled and made wine on the sly. Mr Reilly's descendants still own and operate the grounds, initially treading grapes and bottling small amounts for family and friends. The quality of the family Ardill's limited editions created its own demand and Reilly Wines were born. Two years French oak, a powerful Shiraz of immense concentration and dizzying levels of alcohol.

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Deep, black scarlet colour. Gorgeous nose of distinctive Clare Shiraz aromatics, a concentration of blueberry and bramble characters infused with regional mint, backed by luscious chocolate oak. Full bodied with rich, supple fruit on the palate, flavours of red and black berries over hints of mocha and pepper, gentle tannins and flattering, milky oak. A long lingering finish completes an extraordinary wine.

Reilly are known throughout the world of wine for Shiraz, soft, elegant vintages of the most seamless tannins and captivating blueberry mint perfumes. Few local estates can match the indulgence and skill of the highly decorated team, matching the highest standards in vineyard management with an exacting vinification. Harvested off superior estate vines and treated to an extravagant fifteen months under the finest oak, plum lined and seasoned with a twist of festive spice, the Clare Valley Shiraz of choice to accompany au Jus beef or delicately braised lamb.

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Bright deep scarlet. Generous nose of peppery plums, red currants and fragrant minty notes supported by a touch of vanilla oak. Red cherries and spiced red compote flavours, brambleberries and plum, supported by judicious oak and a length of lingering silky tannins. Perfect with a juicy, well marbled wagyu rump.

Clare Valley yields world class vintages of Shiraz, soft, elegant wines with seamless textures and captivating blueberry mint perfumes. Few local estates can match the indulgence and skill of the accomplished Reilly team, matching the highest standards in vineyard management with an exacting vinification. Hand picked off superior dry grown vineyards, established circa 1920 at Watervale, treated to old fashioned open ferments and two years American oak, Stolen Block's layered palate of luscious jube fruit flavours is supported by the most succulent, licorice tannins.

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Bright deep scarlet. Generous nose of peppery plums, red currants and fragrant minty notes supported by creamy vanilla oak. Red cherries and spiced red compote flavours, brambleberries and plum, supported by luxury oak and a robe of lingering silky tannins. Perfect with a juicy, aged and marbled, charcoal seared, scotch fillet.

Reschke guard the essence of Coonawarra, a responsibility they take seriously. The Reschke history and its close relationship with Coonawarra began in 1906 with the establishment of a prime Hereford stud in the heart of the region. Vines were planted in the 1900s, yielding a quality of fruit that became a staple of Wynn's finest vintages. Only the finest parcels of Shiraz are retained for the Reschke estate label, redolent of rosemary, sandalwood and hibiscus, its licorice and black fruit palate is seasoned by a sprig of Coonawarra mint, made to measure for a chop of char grilled beef.

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Leconfield proprietor Dr Richard Hamilton's outstanding estate vineyard in McLaren Vale has delivered a salubrious bounty once again. Richard is the fifth generation of Hamiltons to make wine. For over three decades, the good doctor has directed his passion and skill to extracting the most precious yields from his family vineyards, the oldest of which date back to 1892. Richard Hamilton is crafted to represent a profound definition of varietal fruit, while exhibiting great palate length, as it represents a salient expression of McLaren Vale Shiraz.

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Fully dense red, vibrant scarlet hues. Attractive spice and black pepper nose, savoury fruit notes enhanced and the elegance of fine oak. The palate is defined by its identifiably McLaren Vale Shiraz richness, the tannins are tight, flattering and long, the roundness of exquisite textures and excellent persistence.

The focus of Richard Hamilton is to construct a wine of good fruit, tight structure and lovely palate roundness. Much of the Shiraz is selected from vines up to forty years of age, planted to sandy clay loam and black clay loam soils on the Leconfield farm. Grapes are treated to a detailed hand clean up and pressed for ferments to dryness, returned to oak for up to eighteen months in a combination of new and seasoned French and American oak barrels.

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Deep dark red with attractive crimson hues. A fruit dominant wine showing mint, plum and black pepper. Oak derived spice characters of cinnamon and nutmeg augment the nose. Expect to see cedar characters as the wine develops. The palate shows definitive Shiraz flavours with the richness to be expected of a McLaren Vale wine. The tannins are tight and long with round texture, clean acidity and excellent persistence.

One of the highest Shiraz vineyards near Lobethal in Adelaide Hills, planted to a gentle north facing slope for maximum sunlight exposure. Grapes are treated to a slightly artisanal winemaking, parts of the harvest are separately vinified as a mixture of whole bunches, crushed berries and whole fruit, moved to a selection of French oak barriques for a timely course of age before assembling into the final cuvée. An attractive carbonic lift and soft, textural palate, laden with red berry flavours and juicy dark plum fruits, redolent with the whole bunch derived perfumes and lithe tannin spice.

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Robin Brockett has been chief winemaker at Scotchmans Hill since the 1980s, he knows Bellarine's best growers and is completely conversant with every microclime around the greater Geelong. Amphora is the Tete de Cuvee, the top cut of Shiraz from the most superior vineyards, a cull so strict, that only a hundred cases are made. Its dulcetly sweet perfumes of peppery plum are unlocked by a measure of the fragrant Viognier, underpinned by silky chocoate tannins, lingering on a velvet length of raspberries, rose petal and turkish delight.

$4899each $587DOZEN EACH DOZEN Vinified in two large terracotta Amphoras, imported from the Brunello producing commune of Montalcino Tuscany. These old world clay vessels are essential to the balance, texture and integrity of the finished wine. Shiraz and Viognier grapes are all hand picked off the most superior rows at Fenwick Vineyard, a portion are added to the ferments as whole bunches. Several days of cold soak are followed by three weeks of wild indigenous yeast vinification, hand plunged daily until completion, a course of malolactic and eight months age on gross sediments, pressed and returned to the Tuscan Amphorae for the balance of a year's maturation.

The finest Shiraz off Bellarine Peninsula bear an uncanny resemblance to the elegant old classics of Cotes du Rhône. It's the blowy chills of Port Philip Bay, so akin to the sobering Mistrals along Valley Rhone, which stimulate the vines and assuage the fruit to ripen slowly, intensifying flavours and cultivating the tannins. A sophisticated Shiraz style, redolent of ripe dark plums, pepperyness and black cherry behind a gentle veneer of costly cedar oak. Welcome old world Syrah in a very Aussie way, firm fine tannins and long lingering flavours on the lasting, savoury finish.

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