Rich + Opulent Shiraz Dozen

Containing six bottles of each of these Halliday Wine Companion 94-point rated wines, the shiraz and cabernet blend from Whistler Wines is dense, brooding and characterful, and is pitched perfectly against the silkily textured, yet robustly structured GAM Shiraz from Mitolo. 

Coriole Aroona Estate Shiraz 2023

This is vibrant McLaren Vale shiraz at its best. The Aroona vineyard is located in the foothills of the Willunga range. The soils are a stony loam and contain the remnants of the mountains that were once as high as the Himalayas! The vines range in age from 99 to 25 years old. The vineyard typically produces aromatic wines with fine tannin and a full yet soft palate.

Alkina Kin Shiraz Mataro 2024

A delightful Barossa blend that harnesses the full flavour and generosity of Shiraz with the highlights of spice, tannin and savoury characters provided by a dash of Mataro. All hand picked fruit is estate grown in Greenock and certified organic and biodynamic.

Nanny Goat Pinot Noir 2023

A regional blend of fruit grown at our Queensberry Vineyard alongside fruit produced by our growers throughout the Queensberry, Bendigo, Pisa, Bannockburn and Gibbston sub regions of Central Otago.

Alkina Polygon #3 Grenache 2022

There are three polygons that have, since the very early days, looked like they could stand apart as Single Polygon wines. Polygon 3 is 0.274 hectares (ha) and approximately 200 vines. Its soil profile is shallow red brown earth over deep chalky, sedimentary limestone which contains fractured schist and limited iron. Polygon 5 comprises two similar parcels of 0.12ha and 0.25ha, a total of 0.37ha. These Polygon 5 sections have deeper soils and well fractured schist with ferric clay (within the fractures).  Polygon 1 was defined in Pedro’s second visit in 2018. The block is 0.4ha which Pedro divided into separate areas and recommended that we exclude one section of 0.097ha which lacks the fractured schist of the other sections.

Seppeltsfield 100 Year Old 1924 Para Liqueur (100ml) 

The 1924 100 Year Old Para Vintage Tawny is the 47th consecutive release from the Centennial Cellar. The wine shows incredible intensity, volume and mouthfeel, remarkable freshness and length driven with blood orange acidity. The perfect wine scoring 100 Points.

Forest Hill Highbury Fields Cabernet Sauvignon 2022

Forest Hill Vineyard is not only the oldest cool climate vineyard in Western Australia, but also planted on one of the Mt Barker regions first farms. Settled in the 1840’s, Highbury Fields is a site of historical agricultural significance in the Great Southern, which over the past century has been farmed for apples, dairy, grains, lamb and wool. Purchased over 15 years ago, the Highbury Fields property is today producing exceptional fruit with the dry-grown vineyards occupying the best soils on this historic property.

Ferngrove Orchid Dragon Syrah 2021

Orchid Dragon Syrah 2021 is a cool climate, single vineyard and top expression of Syrah. It starts in our vineyard where our fastidious viticulturist Chris Zur ensures that soil, vine and grape are working in tandem. Our senior winemaker Craig Grafton then fashions our hand-picked grapes his into a truly moorish bundle of fine tannins, juicy dark fruits heavily laced with plums, berries and violets.

Tahbilk Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

A great expression of Victorian cabernet sauvignon. Large open oak vat fermentation is followed by maturation in both large and small oak barrels and, when combined with a stellar rated vintage, it is the richness of fruit that resonates here.

Brookland Valley Estate Cabernet Merlot 2019

Tahbilk Grenache Shiraz Mourvedre 2023

From estate shiraz vines that date back to Tahbilk’s founding in 1860, to more recent plantings of grenache and mourvèdre, we have an enduring history with these three varieties. Notwithstanding the most challenging of years, including a 1 in 100 year flood event, releases from 2023 shine with wonderful depth of flavour and character. An appealing savoury, fleshy and multi-layered blend, offering dark berry and plum fruits, some spicy, gamey notes and finely textured tannins.

Koomilya GT Shiraz 2019

These wines have strength, intensity, and glorious grape tannins, which wind the palate together, almost like a double helix. The complex structure pulls you straight through. They illustrate what I’m hoping modern McLaren Vale wine will be, which harks back to a tradition of what it looked like in the 1960s, without all the artifice of winemaking. Above all, these wines look and taste, Koomilya.

Takeoff Red Wine Dozen

This case features a fantastic array of differing styles perfect for wherever the mood takes off to. Standouts are many but include wines such as the Schild Estate Mick’s Workshop, a shiraz awarded 94 points by Wine Orbit, and retailing for $80 usually, and the Highbury Fields Cabernet Sauvignon by Forest Hill, a 95-point rated wine from WA’s Great Southern region. 

Ben Haines Syrah 2023

Crafted from a certified organic and biodynamic, coastal vineyard grown on limestone. Delivers clarity of expression, and, at only 11.5% alcohol, clarity of mind. A light-medium bodied, light alcohol, lightly structured aromatic style Syrah with lifted floral perfumes, spice and vividly intense red and blue fruits. A wine of versatility and piquant freshness.

Koomilya Estate Cabernet Touriga 2021

Upon purchasing the vineyard in 2012 Stephen Pannell saw it as an ideal place to create blends that included grape varieties he believed will see McLaren Vale into the future, and further, and complement the traditional varieties of cabernet sauvignon and shiraz. He grafted two contoured and terraced blocks on deep red soil closest to the scrub at the top of the south-facing slope to touriga nacional with the intention of blending with tempranillo, graciano and mataro. Blending with cabernet sauvignon was never planned, but as fate would have it, there is a magic between the two varieties that can’t be ignored. 

SC Pannell Little Branch Grenache 2022

Stephen’s interest in grenache stretches back to the mid nineties. Upon arriving in McLaren Vale, a preference for making medium bodied wine led Stephen to grenache and the love affair began. Given the region’s warm Mediterranean-climate and proximity to the ocean grenache is ideally suited to McLaren Vale and perfectly at home with the food and lifestyle. Grenache is well on its way to becoming McLaren Vale’s most recognised wine and their true wine of place. Little Branch Vineyard, Blewitt Springs, 30 year old unirrigated trellised vines grown on 50 million year old soils comprised of Maslin Beach Sands flecked with iron stone at 140m above sea level. 

Fetherston Botanical Camellia Cabernet Malbec 2022

A bright and seductive blend of Yarra Valley Cabernet Sauvignon (87%) and Malbec (13%). Crafted with hand-picked fruit from two premium Yarra Valley vineyards. Fermented wild and matured in second-fill French oak barriques, where it saw three months élevage prior to bottling. An easy-going, delicious blend –the ideal barbeque wine. This boutique wine was crafted in small quantities by Yarra Valley vignerons, Chris Lawrence and Camille Koll and offers incredible value for money.

Red Wine

Mixed

Coriole Vineyards

Alkina

Nanny Goat

Alkina

Seppeltsfield

Forest Hill

Ferngrove

Tahbilk

Brookland Valley

Tahbilk

Koomilya

Mixed

Ben Haines Wines

Koomilya

SC Pannell

Fetherston Wines