Shiraz

Margaret River

Shiraz

Shiraz has been one of the strong suits at Voyager for some time now. This is an example of the delicate refined qualities that can be achieved in a cooler year. Perfumed with high-end floral notes providing a stunning opening. The palate is seamlessly integrated with fine tannin and oak supporting spicy plummy fruit. Super value wine.

Swan Valley

Shiraz

This is a slightly tighter and firmer wine than the more opulent 2020. It's really a style thing and very much based on vintage. The essential characters of plummy fleshy fruit, mocha and dark chocolate are there but with a slightly savoury meaty addition. The palate has a more gravelly feel to it. But ultimately it is about flavour, and...

Swan Valley

Shiraz

Always a high point for Upper Reach and this excellent shiraz that comes off the Baskerville property is a great example of a variety the Swan Valley does so well. Loads of bright plummy fruit supplemented with a spicy cracked black pepper character with subtle mocha and dark chocolate nuances. It's classic stuff for the Swan. Soft and supple with...

Margaret River

Shiraz

It was a cool year but worked out well for producing an elegant style of wine from this region. A few extra years in bottle have certainly added another dimension with the original black pepper and sage withdrawing into the dark fruits to create a more harmonious seamless relationship. The palate is in the medium zone but the firmish chalky...

Great Southern

Shiraz

This is part of a triumvirate of wines that showcases the vineyard and winemaking that have crafted these super wines. This is not your fruit bomb Aussie shiraz. This is syrah and there is more than a little Old World style here. The fruit shows an almost luminosity that bursts from the glass. The palate picks up the vineyard characters...

Great Southern

Shiraz

Has a high-end black pepper and perfume character with a little Chinese five spice character on the nose. A beautiful medium weight palate which is effortlessly long and precise. Elegant fine-boned tannin sync with the black fruits. No new oak has been used and the aim is clearly to capture the essence of Frankland which it does. Of the Farvies...

Margaret River

Shiraz

A block that consistently delivers an outstanding shiraz. It's definitely more in the medium-bodied stylish syrah vein than classically big Aussie shiraz with its bright red fruits and lifted perfumed aromatics. Has a thoroughly beautiful mouthfeel with fine bony tannins and slick oak balancing the fruit intensity. I do like this style of wine.

Margaret River

Shiraz

The nose opens with a distinctive vineyard character of cool mint sitting over the leafy dark plummy fruits. The palate is soft and smoothly integrated with fine liner tannins and a lick of oak. Retains a soft pliable palate feel with good flavour intensity.

Great Southern

Shiraz

Yet another stunner from the Riversdale Vineyard in Frankland River. This is a vibrant and brilliant shiraz capturing the essence of this fruit in a very good year. Perfumed aromas with lively cherry and red currant overlaying a deeper plummy character. The palate is exquisitely structured with a silky fine frame supporting medium bodied fruit that cascades to a very...

Pemberton

Shiraz

A cooler climate shiraz from a warmer year. It's a combination that works well. This is a supple and generous shiraz of medium weight displaying beautiful perfumes and fruit sweetness. Earthy traces creep into the palate to bring an interesting complexity. It's succulent and loaded with a plummy dark chocolate palate mix. Delicious.

Margaret River

Shiraz

Highly fragrant and quite beautiful shiraz. It was a year where the wines have generally taken an extra year or two to emerge from their shell. This is a case in point. Spicy clove and nutmeg aromas lead you into a generous soft and supple palate with plummy mocha-like flavours releasing. A slightly savoury edge completes and finishes the wine.

Great Southern

Shiraz

A fragrant light-bodied shiraz displaying slightly earthy vanillin raspberry and plummy characters on the nose. It's designed as a simple and friendly current drinking wine. Soft tannin influence adds just the right touch to the supple smooth and very fruity palate. It's fruit, fruit, fruit.

Great Southern

Shiraz

My oh my, this is starting to move nicely into its work One of the best shiraz from Rockcliffe. An exceptional wine displaying all that is good from the Great Southern. The bouquet shows a dark cherry, plummy licorice and slightly earthy ironstone character. And if that don't get you in, then the sublime palate will. It's a luxurious mix...

Great Southern

Shiraz

A delightfully elegant medium-bodied succulent shiraz from this very good vintage. Loads of savoury plummy fruit evident immediately on the nose. The palate is soft and supple with a juicy plush mouth feel. Dark chocolate, lightly roasted coffee bean and a lift of spicy sage all work seamlessly together. An excellent wine.

Pemberton

Shiraz

A beautifully perfumed and aromatic shiraz that sits a little closer to the syrah style in structure and weight. No matter, it has a little viognier and malbec which contribute to the initial burst on the nose. The palate is velvety smooth and integrated with a fine chalky tannin influence on the supple fruit. Gets about 18% new oak and...

Great Southern

Shiraz

Nelson gets the fruit for this excellent syrah style from Frankland River. Makes sense too. This is a thoroughly beautiful example of the elegant stylish wines coming from Frankland River these days. This is a small production wine highlighting the best of the region. A minimalist approach has allowed for a wine that appears to express its origins. The gravelly...

Swan Valley

Shiraz

This is now sourced from a number of blocks including the old Mariginiup planted in Perth's North in 1958. The urban sprawl has consumed a large part of it, but this wine captures much of its character with the addition of a little fruit from the Conti's Margaret River vineyard. It has the lot, dark chocolate and spicy plum with...

Margaret River

Shiraz

Loads of bright vibrant plummy fruit dominate initially on the nose. Then look deeper to the mix of spices and dried herbs with a dark chocolate mocha-like character emerging. The palate is soft and silky smooth brimming with bright plump fruit and supported by some nice oak. Chewy and delicious.

Margaret River

Shiraz

Nice to see a wine with five years of age being released from this fabulous 2018 vintage. It's from a special plot which produces exceptional fruit, as is the case with this outstanding wine. Plush and concentrated with dark fruit sitting among a host of complementing flavours of chocolate, plum and mulberry with ab earthy savoury nuance. It gets 16...

Perth Hills

Shiraz

Beautifully constructed and presented shiraz. Captures the soft and supple characters of this variety and then with a little oak and the natural tannins it powers through to the finish. A most stylish and polished shiraz with a highly scented aroma and a soft and generous palate supported by a chalky acidity.

Western Australia

Shiraz

A bright and vibrant immediately appealing blend of shiraz, malbec and grenache from three different regions. Aromas of spicy plums and juby red fruit with a touch of confectionary. The palate is medium weight with a fine thread of tannins and a subtle ironstone rusty nail complexity – without the nails. Seamless and beautifully integrated.

Perth Hills

Shiraz

A beautifully elegant medium weight shiraz displaying thoroughly engaging aromas of wild berry and red fruit with a spicy lift. The cooler season has resulted in a palate that is less opulent but so precisely defined and linear. Has a subtle steely edge through the mid palate. The use of a mix of American oaks really seems to complement the...

Great Southern

Shiraz

Smooth and effortlessly presented medium bodied cool climate shiraz. Loads of peppery dried herb fragrances float across the mix of mulberry and dark plum. The slightly chalky limestone acidity on the finish helps hold the line with precision.

Margaret River

Shiraz

This is a solid shiraz using 20% new French oak and the rest seasoned. Got about 12 months in oak. Has a savoury ripe plum character with a little earthiness and savoury notes. It has a bright vibrancy about it with a juicy plush fruit expression. It's a very youthful wine displaying a bright palate feel. Future years will have...

Perth Hills

Shiraz

The distinctive spicy influence of viognier is clearly evident on the shiraz. It's from the Millbrook property from vines that are now pretty old, so you get plenty of ripe and intense fruit flavours with the spicy aromatics of the viognier adding lift to the violet plummy notes of the shiraz. Chalky tannins and lightly infused oak add their final...

Margaret River

Shiraz

Some interesting techniques have contributed to the energy and vibrance of this wine. For instance, after open fermentation in concrete, viognier was added and a small amount of whole bunch carbonic maceration used before maturation in both French and American oak. Smooth and elegant with a supple velvety palate after the aromatics of the viognier infused nose.

Margaret River

Shiraz

Plenty of fully ripe shiraz in here revealing a dark plum slightly toasty character on the nose. The palate is soft and generously appointed with loads of dark plum, chocolate and licorice all working together. The sweet fruit of the middle palate is complemented by the dusty and slightly savoury finish.

Margaret River

Shiraz

It surprises me we don't do more of this blend in WA. Still, here is an excellent example. It's highly scented with red fruits and spices evident. The palate is medium to full-bodied with fine tannins creating a bed for the delightfully framed fruit. An earthy red fruit mix merges seamlessly with some nice spicy minerality. A wine of energy...

Great Southern

Shiraz

A fully ripe and plush shiraz displaying typical dark fruit notes of plum and blackberry with a slightly earthy dark chocolate character. Has a smooth and seamlessly constructed palate with ripe supple tannins and a nice touch of oak. A restrained and quite pretty wine the benefits of the cooler climes.

Great Southern

Shiraz

A plush and generous wine delivering with a supple velvety smooth palate of fine tannin and a lick of oak. It's an elegant wine displaying marvellous bright red fruits supported by those super fine tannins. A little spice and dried herbs mix on the palate with a tiny dollop of dark chocolate, all balanced with a chalky limestone minerality.

Swan Valley

Shiraz

A most attractive shiraz from these old vines planted in the Swan Valley nearly 70 years ago. A supple and generously fleshy shiraz loaded with deeply concentrated plush plummy and slightly spicy fruit. Aromas of plum and mulberry with a trace of mocha. The palate is rich and plush with the French oak and chalky tannins holding it to a...

Margaret River

Shiraz

A delightfully fragrant and highly perfumed medium bodied Margaret River shiraz. It's from a cooler year and this has contribute a little to the finer more elegant style. But there is excellent spicy plummy fruit with a dab of oak to complement. Nice wine for the next five years.

Margaret River

Shiraz

The team at Leeuwin have been putting a tremendous amount of work into developing a Northern Rhone influenced shiraz. And it's paying off. The aim is to get a high-end aromatic influence on the nose and a seamless and integrated medium bodied palate without excessive oak. In fact, the oak now is in large formats, so it's obvious influence is...

Swan Valley

Shiraz

A bright and vibrant shiraz cabernet blend from the Swan valley. Generous ripe fruit aromas on the nose with a spicy plum and chocolate combination. The soft supple influence of the Swan Valley emerges on the palate which is soft and generous with good fruit intensity. Has the structure to handle cellaring.

Swan Valley

Shiraz

A velvety smooth and seamlessly plush shiraz from the heart of the Swan Valley. Captures all the plum and mulberry flavours of the variety and delivers with an effortless almost languid palate. It's a wine that builds and opens up with breathing so make sure you decant it first. Thoroughly engaging shiraz.

Swan Valley

Shiraz

This deeply concentrated and plush shiraz carries more weight and sweet fruit intensity than the Reserve version. Plum and blackberry fruit aromas with notes of licorice and liqueur chocolate. The palate is super ripe and intense but at the same time the supple gentle generosity of the Swan Valley takes control. A wine that will definitely benefit from cellaring.

Perth Hills

Shiraz

A delightfully fragrant and elegant shiraz that comes from the Perth Hills. Red plummy fruit with a little vanillin oakiness evident. It's smooth with plenty of rich ripe fruit in the medium bodied zone. A combination of plush plummy fruit cake with a chalky tannin thread. Easy current drinking.

Margaret River

Shiraz

Super value wine from this very good season. The colour is deep and almost opaque but with a brilliant luminosity. Spicy black pepper lives the deep plummy palate. It's rich and lavish with a dense concentration of dark plummy blackberry fruit flavours. Balanced and perfectly integrated.

Great Southern

Shiraz

One of the more refined and elegantly structured shiraz from Galafrey suggesting the strong influence of the season. Displays more cracked black pepper over the dusty dry earth nuances flecking the punchier red fruits. The medium weight palate has a silky-smooth integration with fine grained oak and fine slinky tannins.

Margaret River

Shiraz

This ticks all the boxes when you're looking for value for money in a Margaret River shiraz. In fact, it shows that this variety should never be overlooked from Margs. Spicy plummy fruit characters on the nose and palate are boosted and complemented with a restrained use of oak. Quite simply a lovely drink to get your gums around.