89 points Wine Enthusiast D'Arenberg's cherry-hued Shiraz is a balanced, medium-bodied weeknight sipper. It's open and fragranced like a bowl of freshly picked cherries, raspberries and strawberries. There's a line of baking spices, dried rose and ground black pepper that make this more than just a fruit bomb, however. Lifted acidity makes the fruit feel fresh, even a touch sour at the finish....
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94 Points Wine Spectator #23 Top 100 Wines 2021! Powerful, vibrant and fragrant, with dried lavender, Earl Grey, dried oregano, five-spice power and dark chocolate aromatics to mingle with the core of velvety smooth plum, black cherry and wild blackberry flavors. The tannin's firm up appealingly on the finish, which goes on and on. Drink now through 2042.
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Wilifred Wong - 90 pts. The 2017 Mollydooker The Boxer Shiraz is a big, explosive red wine. TASTING NOTES: This wine is relentless, but it is tightly controlled. Enjoy its bold black fruit aromas and flavors with smoked short ribs.
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James Suckling 96 Points #1 Wine Value in the World 2021 A very fresh, piercing nose of sliced lemon with plenty of sweet perfume, too. The palate is similarly intense and vibrant with white stone-fruit and lemon flavors, delivered in an impressively intense and balanced mode. Drink or hold. If great winemaking is about focus, Pewsey Vale takes the Australian crown. They’ve spent 174 years...
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96 points - James Suckling Ripe peach, lemon and plenty of toasted hazelnut oak, sitting on a mix of flint and wet stones. The palate has great density and depth with concentrated peach and lemon. A little pastry, too. Smooth, with bright acidity. Impressive depth and balance here. Drink or hold.
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Wine Enthusiast 89 Points – “"Milton Park is Thorn-Clarke's everyday range of wines. This vintage of Chardonnay is a bright and highly likable little number that offers a mélange of aromas like peach, melon, pressed buttercup flowers and honey. The palate is textural and creamy (although doesn't appear to have any oak influence). There's a pithy, waxy quality here that makes this an easy...
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Tasting Panel Mag 94 Points "Striking deep red-purple in color. A rich, Shotfire refers to a family pioneer who worked the Barossa goldfields in the late 1800's. He had the hazardous job of being a 'Shotfirer' -- one who handled the explosives to be used in finding that rich vein of gold. Sourced from two Barossa Valley vineyards, it is aged for 14 months in American oak. Aromas of mulberry along...
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Wine Spectator 91 Points " "Generous, ripe and plump, featuring flavors of spiced plum, raspberry preserves and kirsch that are fresh and vibrant, with details of blood orange, violet, star anise and gingerbread. Shows terrific focus and persistence, singing on the finish. Drink now through 2035.”
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92 points - Tastings.com Black violet color. Aromas of blistered blackberry, sweet tea, carnation, and smoked meats with a slightly chewy, vibrant, dry-yet-fruity medium-to-full body and a seamless, amusing, medium-long cinna-mint finish with well-integrated, crunchy tannins and moderate oak flavor. An inky GSM from Down Under with bold flavors and well-integrated tannins.
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James Halliday 91 Points “Estate-grown, crushed and destemmed, twice-daily pumpovers in the fermenter, 12 months in French oak. Deluxe treatment for a $20 wine. It is medium-bodied, and over-delivers on its price. Mouthfilling satsuma plum and blackberry compote. - James Halliday"
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