Jeremy Oliver
This young shiraz is McLaren Vale to a tee, so you might grab it first. Its spicy, peppery and slightly meaty aromas of dark plums, blackberries
and dusty vanilla oak reveal attractive gamey undertones. It’s long and juicy, delivering an intense, pristine expression of vibrant berry/plum flavour framed by fine, smooth and powdery tannins, with
plenty of assertive, but well balanced oak. Impressively flavoursome, it’s a deliciously approachable red you can drink now.

Rating: 17.2/20
90/100, Jeremy Oliver

A dark red wine with deep purple hues.  Intense berry fruit is complexed with liquorice and vanillin aromas.  The ripe fruit and spice carries through to the palate, which has in addition subtle bacon oak flavours. The result is a complex wine well balanced with ripe fruit and a firm tannin finish.

 5 Stars - July 2007, Superb purple-red colour; a lovely medium bodied regional wine; luscious black fruits, dark chocolate and fine tannins, then a very long finish. Best for years

. Rating 95/100, James Halliday, 2007

Wine Advocate 90 points!
 “Gnarly Dudes” delivers notes of pepper, scorched earth, violets, blueberry, and blackberry. This leads to a full-bodied wine with excellent blue fruit flavors, bright acidity, but just a bit of narrowness on the mid-palate. The tannins are soft and well-integrated, the finish long and pure. Drink this lip-smacking Shiraz over the next 6 years. Two Hands is a negociant operation run impeccably by Michael Twelftree. It reflects the best that can be sourced from all over South Australia.

Bush Vine Grenache

McLaren Vale is blessed with a cache of old bush grenache vines. The predominant parcel of grapes featured in this wine are sourced from 81year old vines and the remainder from 46year old vines.

 

94 Points. Screwcap. Super stylish Heathcote shiraz. It’s 14.5% alcohol but it does not intrude at all, the balance and profile of it seeming decidedly cool climate. Flavours of camphor, kirsch, cedarwood, bold bright blackberries and sandalwood. This is complex and delicious at once. Beautiful mouthfeel. Excellent length. This is a ripper. Campbell Mattinson,

This wine is showing ripe plum fruit so typical of Eden Valley Shiraz in a warmer year.  There is a background of black pepper spice which comes to the fore in Eden Valley Shiraz in cooler years.  The berry and plum fruit characters are set off by the smoky oak to give an elegant and complex wine with great mouth feel and persistence. 

Lush ripe plump-prunes; densely packed with loads of fruit laced with spice.  Lucious palate, supple and harmonious structure with a complex flavour range from sweet to savoury

Max Allen, Weekend Australian

I have a big, moist soft spot for this delicious Barossa red - and have had since the first vintage in the late '90s. Once again, the blend of grenache, mataro and shiraz provides a rich, purple mouthful of spicy berries and a warm (15 per cent alcohol) but soft finish.

This wine is showing ripe plum fruit so typical of Eden Valley Shiraz in a warmer year.  There is a background of black pepper spice which comes to the fore in Eden Valley Shiraz in cooler years.  The berry and plum fruit characters are set off by the smoky oak to give an elegant and complex wine with great mouth feel and persistence. 

Introduced as one of the first Bin wines within the Penfolds portfolio, it has become an Australian classic. Indeed this wine style has universal appeal because of its intense fruit definition, ripe fleshy palate structure and generosity of flavour.

A multi-district blend since the late 1970's it has won "Red Wine of the Year" twice, in 1991 and 1995 at the International Wine Challenge, held each year in London.

Penfolds Bin 128 is one of the most distinctive reds in the Penfolds stable. Firstly, as a 'Coonawarra Shiraz', it is one of the few Penfolds reds that isn't a multi regional blend. It is also matured solely in French oak. French oak generally lends a wine understated, aromatic characters and is therefore a better choice with more subtly flavoured wines.

Coonawarra typically produces zesty, spicy and supple Shiraz fruit that exhibits a richness of flavour and a mouth filling roundness on the palate. Bin 128 is true to this style.

In 1981 the wine changed name from Bin 128 Claret to Bin 128 Coonawarra Shiraz.

Jeremy Oliver,

An intense, elegant and measured red that takes time to open in the glass. Its minty, violet-like perfume of redcurrant, cassis, plums and fresh cedar/vanilla oak overlies a suggestion of dark chocolate and a slightly herbal hint of white pepper. Long, smooth and tightly knit, its vibrant palate of spicy berry and plum-like flavour overlies a dusty, fine-grained spine. It finishes savoury and slightly mineral with a persistent core of fruit. 94 pts

Shiraz - Cab Merlot

97/100 Robert Parker

Two of Mitolo’s flagship offerings are made from moderately old Shiraz vines in Willunga. Aged 18 months in primarily French oak, the Shiraz G.A.M. is an exceptional example of a precise yet full-flavored, concentrated Shiraz. Its gorgeous perfume of blueberries, blackberries, camphor, licorice and pain grille is followed by an inky/blue/purplecolored wine offering superb purity, full-bodied richness,
and gorgeous depth as well as texture. This fabulous effort is another example of Ben Glaetzer’s brilliant talents. It should drink well for 15 years.