Shiraz

Margaret River

Shiraz

This takes the Lifestyle shiraz up a notch or two. It introduces more savoury dark fruit characters which takes it through to another level in complexity and intrigue. There's a gravelly and slightly ironstone character that complements the juicer red fruits while a chalky tannin influence holds its line through to the finish.

Great Southern

Shiraz

A most stylish style in keeping with the cooler ’21 vintage. Sourced from vines dating back to that first vineyard planted in 1965. Floral aromas merge with dark spicy plum and a complex prune juice addition. The palate is quite plush though with a grainy chalky tannin influence to control and define. Subtle touch of mocha and ground coffee.

Great Southern

Shiraz

Silky sensual and so, so slinky sublime. You get the picture. It’s a vibrant example of a cool climate syrah. Opens with a floral note of blue fruits with a liberal sprinkle of spices and a splash of chocolate. The palate is sleek and smooth with fine tannins working into the savoury fruit mx combination. Vibrant with energy and live.

Great Southern

Shiraz

The effortless ease and power of Frankland River is evident immediately with this excellent syrah style. Perfumed aromas of spicy red and blue fruit with notes of plum and sage and just a little ironstone rust. The palate is deeply intense but delivers with poise and precision. Love the slightly earthy ironstone gravelly characters which complement the natural fruit sweetness....

Great Southern

Shiraz

A most pretty and eminently drinkable shiraz. Sweet dark plum and blackberry fruits merge on the nose and palate. The palate is plush with a smooth richness and textural mouth feel. The tight chalky tannins and that regional rusty nail factor come together to deliver the finish.

Swan Valley

Shiraz

This captures everything that is the Swan valley. Griffiths gets the fruit from his own, now mature, vineyard, and from nearby quality shiraz growers. It has everything. Deep plummy, black fruits on the palate with a dark chocolate and lightly red fruit influenced aroma. The palate is sublime. Soft and supple but with fine chalky tannins and perfectly weighted oak...

Margaret River

Shiraz

A mighty good partner to the cabernet from the same vintage. This is thick and densely concentrated with lashings of dark plum, fruit cake and rich dark chocolate. Yet there is restraint and refinement that comes with this cooler Margaret River vintage. Add to that some mulberry and savoury oak influences and you have an outstanding example of shiraz from...

Margaret River

Shiraz

The combination of dark plum, cloves and dark chocolate on the nose gets you ready for the palate. It's deep and generous with supple fruit flavours supported by a fine oak and chalky tannin guide. Has a dry earthy and slightly savoury finish.

Great Southern

Shiraz

Ripe and generous with opulent fruit. It certainly is a step up from the very good Single Vineyard shiraz. Loaded with ripe juicy plummy fruit underpinned by a chalky tannin precision. The sweet fruit is given a little boost with the sprinkle of spices and dried herbs, while the French oak management has been right on the money. Smooth and...

Peel

Shiraz

Not often you see a wine with nine years age on it at release. Yet, here we are, and it shows why cellaring really is a great way to get the best from your wine investment. This is starting to develop the faintest leathery spice character of a secondary stage. But the fruit is still plush and smooth with plenty...

Great Southern

Shiraz

Now, why wouldn't you go to Frankland River if you wanted to source fruit for a syrah-style. It's not made that often and in fact this is first I have tasted. It's mighty good. Perfumed aromas of red fruit, mocha and spicy plum engage immediately on the nose. The palate is plush and plump with dense fruit flavours. It's polished...

Margaret River

Shiraz

This comes from a single block in Wilyabrup planted back in '72, so it's one of the oldest in the region. Excellent season has produced fruit of fine balance and poise. It's been captured in this super wine. The nose is fragrant with a spicy, licorice and plummy, blackberry thing happening. The palate has a grainy texture which is simply...

Geographe

Shiraz

A stylish and beautifully crafted medium-bodied shiraz from Geographe. Perfumes of red berry and cedar with a spicy touch, lift from the glass. The chalky tannins contribute to an appealing chewy textural palate. Interesting that 30% new Burgundian oak has been used, contributing to the excellent balance.

Geographe

Shiraz

This excellent wine from the '20 vintage is starting to hit its straps. The aroma is an enticing chocolate, spicy plum and vanilla bean combination. It leads into the soft and smoothly textured palate which is brimming with all manner of delicious red fruits. Has a slightly savoury smoky finish. Drinking mighty well now.

Geographe

Shiraz

This really is a delightful light to medium bodied shiraz. Highly perfume aromas with spicy black pepper nuances over sweet plum and subtle charcuterie notes. The palate is filled with dark fruits livened with a mix of spices and black pepper. Oak is muted but important and the palate extends to a long finish.

Geographe

Shiraz

A delicious example of rose from Geographe. It's from shiraz and displays those delightful red currant and strawberry aromas to start. The palate is light bodied with a fine life-giving acidity. Flavours of spice and cranberry juice add further to an immensely appealing rose.

Margaret River

Shiraz

Deeply concentrated and intense shiraz with a decent contribution from the viognier. It seems to have boosted the tannins while contributing to the beautiful, perfumed aromas. A lift of violet and apricot with a faint touch of viognier's varietal gingery character. The palate is firm but fleshy with a smooth textured feel.

Great Southern

Shiraz

Lots to chew on here. Immediately a mix of ironstone and dark plummy blackberry fruit emerges. The combination of the sweet fruit and a little spicy black pepper creates such a neatly aligned palate. In this case the Waldron, 470 and 174 clones are making an impact. Smooth and velvety.

Great Southern

Shiraz

A wonderfully bright and vibrant shiraz from the Acacia Vineyard in Frankland River. You will fall in love with the perfumed sweet plummy aromatics with a trace of violet. Soft and slightly grainy palate is a joy with a fine chalky acidity and fine-grained tannin contributing to a palate coating layer of flavour.

Margaret River

Shiraz

A balanced and poised juicy shiraz from Margaret River. Has a soft and quite supple mouthfeel with grainy tannins in support. Lots of dark fruits display a lifted spicy character with an infusion of cherry and gentle roasted coffee bean.

Great Southern

Shiraz

Medium-bodied syrah from Frankland River. It's an effortlessly delivered wine of real style. Cherubino has made good use of some of his alternative syrah clones from the Riversdale vineyard. Lifted ferruginous aromas are regionally distinctive while the earthy dark fruits swirl through a delicious palate. Minimal intervention has allowed the fruit to express itself.

Great Southern

Shiraz

The elegance and charm of this vintage in Frankland River is immediately evident. Much of the finesse refinement comes from the use of the new Waldron, 470 and 174 clones. It is a sumptuous shiraz that draws on the beautifully fragrant and flavoursome fruit of this region. Ironstone and spicy plummy fruit flavours with chocolate coating to complete. A crowd...

Margaret River

Shiraz

A super value for money shiraz sourced from the Great Southern. Typically, soft and generous with medium body. Plush plum and spices with a little cracked black pepper. The oak is muted to allow the fruit to express itself.

Great Southern

Shiraz

It's a combination that has worked so well for Castelli, who source the fruit from the vineyards of Frankland River. Generous and smooth palate profile with excellent integration of sumptuous fruit and fine-grained oak. Rolls effortlessly along the palate.

Great Southern

Shiraz

Confirms the credentials of Frankland River shiraz. Has a dense dark colour. The aromas display a mix of spicy dark plum and blackberry with that slight rusty nail regionality. Super sleek palate with fine grainy tannins and a little oak to complement. The grainy textured palate is a feature.

Margaret River

Shiraz

Not the opulence and density of the '20 vintage, yet there is poise and plush fruit contributing to a wine of supreme elegance and style. Spicy floral notes on the nose with some nice cinnamon characters. The palate is soft and generous with fine chalky limestone like tannins and well-weighted oak. It has a slightly gravelly mouth feel which I...

Margaret River

Shiraz

An exquisite expression of shiraz from this little vineyard south of the town. It's medium bodied with dominant black cherry and spicy plum characters on the nose and palate. The palate has a silky-smooth textural feel with a fine thread of chalky tannins and a lick of fine-grained oak nestling neatly within.

Margaret River

Shiraz

One of the very best value Margaret River shiraz. Perfumed with a spicy, plummy, black cherry combination releasing on the nose. The medium-bodied palate is smooth and succulent with a fine thread of chalky tannins and a light touch of oak in support. Just a little new French oak provides a neat lift.

Margaret River

Shiraz

The deep and powerful influence of the earthy and slightly savoury shiraz is evident immediately. The intensity and powerful fruit combination reveals immediately on the nose with a licorice, dark plum and rich dark chocolate character. The palate is a real powerhouse with deep and intense fruit flavours balanced by a decent hit of oak and firmish fine tannins.

Margaret River

Shiraz

The refinement and elegance of contemporary Frankland River is evident in this marvellous example of the vintage. Bursting with a plummy, mulberry and slightly spicy ironstone lift on the nose. The silky smooth palate with its thread of gravelly tannins is just beautiful A generous and punchy wine striking a perfect oak and tannin balance with the sumptuous fruit.

Margaret River

Shiraz

The cooler ‘21 vintage has produced a raft of excellent wines from Frankland River. Gordon treats this with open fermentation after hand-picking to coax the best from this excellent source of fruit. Strikes a beautiful balance between the primary plummy, mulberry fruit characters and a more earthy rustic nuance that balances delightfully. The velvety tannins contribute to the smooth elegance...

Great Southern

Shiraz

This was quite a cool season in Frankland River, but it also produced some very good wines, such as this shiraz. Sweet dark chocolate over dark plum with a peppery dried herb influence emerges immediately on the nose. Then the smooth velvety palate kicks in with its plush fruit and well-integrated tannin and oak. It's an elegant wine of great...

Great Southern

Shiraz

Shiraz has always been a strong suit at Alkoomi, and this is an example of a more medium bodied elegant style. The aromas are a mix of spices and black pepper over slightly meaty dark plum and chocolate. The palate is so silky smooth and seamlessly integrated. The fine chalky tannins and just a faint hint of ironstone provide complexity...

Margaret River

Shiraz

A beautifully soft and supple shiraz displaying all the virtues of this variety. Aromas of plum laced with dark chocolate and roasted coffee bean. The palate comes together beautifully with the integration of fine-grained oak and silky fine tannins. A little blue fruit character edges in on the nose before moving into the palate.

Margaret River

Shiraz

A wonderful expression of Margaret River shiraz. Provides a distinct point of difference from other cooler regions with its more earthy, savoury and dusty feel adding to the attractiveness of the sweet ripe fruit. The slightly grainy and sinewy tannins are typical of the region, sitting comfortably within the concentrated intense palate. A wine with cellaring potential.

Great Southern

Shiraz

This is such a beautiful shiraz from Frankland River. Highly perfumed, seductively captivating aromas displaying a plummy, cherry and subtle raspberry character. The palate is dense and concentrated but delivered with poise and finesse. Plenty to like about this one which is really starting to move into its work.