By one of the Barossa's most internationally renowned harbingers of fine Australian wine, a big hit in America for all the right reasons. Elegantly structured and seamless, the exploit of quality fruit and skilled winemaking. This vibrant, personable Shiraz is a true expression of Barossa generosity, gracefully endowed with an attractive full bodied palate, showing exceptional balance between quality new oak and judicious alcohol, ripe acids and layers of savoury fruit.

$2099each $251DOZEN EACH DOZEN Schild Estate's reputation is built on a commitment to translating the unique tapestry of vineyards into wines that speak of honesty and drinkability. Schild's Shiraz is another fine example of a classic regional style sourced exclusively from vines grown toward the southern end of Barossa Valley and the Schild Estate Angus Brae property. Fully ripened grapes are harvested throughout the cool of night. After crushing the musts are vinified in traditional open fermenters and given extended time on skins to carefully extract the full amount of colour, flavour and complexity. The wine is then treated to an extended maturation in a selection of new and prior use French and American oak hogsheads.

Vibrant, deep rich red colour. A nose of ripe cherries and plum, dark chocolates, christmas cake spice and vanillin undertones derived from the extended maturation in fine oak. A middle palate of vibrant, dark berry fruit is supported by clearly defined yet elegant tannin framework and some balanced acidity to provide structure and length. Long and lingering, bright, aromatic acids and a powerful intensity of fruit.

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One of Australia's most perennially feted and esteemed Pinot Noir, generously flavoured, brilliantly balanced, stylish and approachable. The Geelong/ Bellarine area has a long history of viticulture, which dates back to colonization by Swiss immigrants in the 1840s. Curiously, Pinot Noir is a wine that performs well in the cooler climes of the lower Swiss Alps. It remained however for Scotchmans Hill to establish Geelong as one of Australia's leading winegrowing regions, due in no small part to the quality and consistency of their splendid Pinot Noir.

$3799each $455DOZEN EACH DOZEN From some of Victoria's finest Pinot Noir vines, planted to volcanic clays over basalt limestone subsoils, trained to vertical shoot positioning and moderated by Port Phillip Bay's revitalizing maritime winds on Bellarine Peninsula. Clones MV6, 114 Burgundy, 115 Burgundy & D5V12 up to thirty years of age, yielding 1½kg per vine, 1½tn per acre. Grapes are hand picked, destemmed to small fermeters and cold soaked for five days, accentuating fruit flavour. The musts are wild fermented for a week, pressed and racked to barrel for completion and malolactic. The finished wine is matured for up to a year in a selection of new to four year old French Troncais oak barriques.

Deep garnet hue. Lifted, perfumed nose, violet notes, plum and dark fruit, complemented by beetroot, spice and earthy characters, cedar oak in the background. Full complex and rich palate with fresh raspberry and dark fruit flavours, beetroot and spice notes. A touch of sappiness and earthy tones throughout the mid palate, rounded out by cedar oak. The structure is defined by firm acid and fine grained tannins, contributing roundness and length.

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One of Victoria's stellar performers puts their stamp on Australian Shiraz. The windswept maritime aspects of Bellarine Peninsula punish vines into extracting the maximum amount of cool climate spice while developing the ripest, luscious berry flavours. The Scotchman displays an engaging intensity of Shiraz fruit characters, pliant tannins and crisp acidity in support of liquorice and plum notes, along with vibrant Bellarine expressions of freshly milled spice, minerality and brine.

$3799each $455DOZEN EACH DOZEN The Bellarine Peninsula's role in the development of the Australian wine industry began in 1842, when vines were planted in the surrounding Barrabool Hills. Grown and managed mainly by Swiss immigrants, these vineyards yielded wines which were sold through regular auctions in the city of Geelong. Established in 1982, Scotchmans Hill has become a producer of some of Australia's most complex, elegant and consistent wines. Shiraz vines, clone PT23 are trained to vertical shoot positioning. Fruit is fermented in small open top pots, hand plunged and left on skins for three weeks, followed by a year's maturation in a selection of new to four year old French Troncais oak barriques.

Deep vibrant purple. A complex and rich nose of dark fruit, plums and black cherry, complemented by spice, earth and clove, over a charry oak background. Fully flavoured cool climate, sweet and savoury palate, dark fruits make way to red plum and cherry, spices and briar are supported by firm acid and fine grained tannins. Scotchmans finishes balanced, structured and long, a Shiraz of intensity and charm.

A glad all over, western districts Shiraz with strong regional expression and superior concentration of fruit. Hamish Seabrook comes from a long line of wine merchants, most notably W.J Seabrook & Son. He has made the most of his family's contacts in the industry to isolate and secure parcels of the finest Pyrenees Shiraz, all grown to great vineyards, closely husbanded by the most devoted local vignerons. Crafted to an old fashioned claret style, driven by a hansom carriage of refined, ebony oak tannins, brimming with the moreish decadence of spiced cherry ripeness and chocolate plum richness.

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Deep red colour. Enticing aromas of plum and blackcurrant with hints of sweet pitch and lively spice. Complex and integrated palate of plum and espresso, strong supportive tannins and pencilled, cedary oak, an intense Shiraz wine packed with blackberries and spice. A powerful fruit filled finish of impressive length.

The founder was William John Seabrook, born of Tasmania to a family of builders, his thirst for wine drew him to Victoria where he learned the craft of the merchant and established W.J. Seabrook & Son in 1878. Parcels of Cabernet Sauvignon are crushed and destemmed to open top fermenters for a warmish vinification, aimed at extracting bright red fruit characters and a judicious measure of sweet berry tannins. Brambles and mulberry leap from the glass, aniseed and liquorice on waves of flavour, subtle oak and tactile structure, a soft, silky finish of astonishing length.

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Hand picked grapes off the estate Home Block on the eastern ridge of Barossa Valley, the frugal vines yield a meagre harvest of small berries exhibiting the most amazing concentration. Bunches are destemmed to fermenters and cold soaked for the magic of wild yeasts, several days of cool vinification are treated to hand plunges and rack returns until completely sugar dry. A good old fashioned basket press and ten weeks of malolactic are followed by twenty four months of age. Succulent tannins and enormous length, Barossa Shiraz that speaks of its provenance, of season and of place.

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