Australia

Bird in Hand 2020 Two in the Bush Shiraz                                £15.10

Bird in Hand 2019 Shiraz                                                            £22.70

Bremerton 2019 Selkirk Shiraz                                                  £16.60

Coriole 2019 Estate Shiraz                                                         £19.40

Coriole 2020 Shiraz Sangiovese                                                £13.80

JJ Hahn 2018 Hermann's Vineyard Shiraz                               £17.30

JJ Hahn 2018 Western Ridge 1975 Planting Shiraz                £21.60

Kirrihill 2020 Regional Shiraz                                                    £14.90

Mollydooker 2020 The Boxer Shiraz                                         £27.50

Trentham Estate 2020 Shiraz                                                     £13.50

Trentham Estate 2017 Heathcote                                              £18.40

"The wines above are new for 2024"

Ferngrove Reserve – Frankland River

“Symbols” Cabernet sauvignon/Merlot. £11.30.   Crimson with purple hints. Aromas of mulberry and blackberry with hints of blackcurrant and bay leaf. Dark plum fruits and mouth-filling blackberries complement a supple and flavoursome palate, supported by fine, lingering French oak tannins.

Ferngrove Estate – Orchid Series

"The Sterlings" Shiraz/Cabernet Sauvignon. £25.00.   Dark crimson. Intriguing bouquet of mulberry, blueberry, dark plums and blackberries with lifted oak in the background. A very fine vintage produced a powerful shiraz rich in dark fruit and an intense cabernet sauvignon with hints of spice and mulberry. The blend is harmonious yet concentrated with integrated French oak and long layered tannin.

Hollick

Sparkling Merlot. £25.00.   Vibrant purple with crimson hues, the wine will develop brick red hues with bottle maturation. Clean and fresh aromas of violets, plums and blackberries are enhanced by dark chocolate notes. Generously fruity with a predominance of plums, cherry and bramble fruit flavours. The palate is further enhanced by underlying flavours of chocolate and liquorice with soft velvety tannins.

"The Nectar". 375ml. £15.00.   "The Nectar" is made from a select combination of our Coonawarra Riesling and balanced with selected parcels of Chardonnay, and Semillon from the Wilgha vineyard. Bright golden straw. Clean and fresh aromas of dried apricot and honey with citrus notes of grapefruit. A rich and luscious palate of concentrated stone fruit and citrus flavours. Complex and balanced, the sweetness is complemented by the acidity, culminating in a refreshingly pleasant and lingering finish.

Langmeil - Barossa Valley

"Hangin' Snakes" Shiraz/Viognier £16.70.   Speaking a local dialect known as ‘Barossa-Deutsch', a blend of German and English that embodies much of the history of the district, one of Langmeil's best growers doesn't curse, just as his forebears didn't, but in the heat of vintage is oft heard to mutter "Hangin' Snakes!”. Since rejuvenating the abandoned 19th Century vineyards and cellars, in less than two decades Langmeil has created an enviable worldwide reputation for its coveted Shiraz.

"Blacksmith" Cabernet Sauvignon £18.90.   In 1838 a 32-year-old Blacksmith, Christian Auricht, arrived in South Australia from Prussia with his wife and four children. He subsequently settled in the new hamlet of Langmeil and built a smithy, around which grew the trading centre of the village. The artisan of iron has now made way for the new craftsman who has blended the oldest of Barossa traditions to forge this spectacular wine. Our Cabernet Sauvignon, the unsung hero of Barossa wine, has been matured in new (20%) and seasoned (80%) French Oak for two years, achieving the structure, depth and balance expected from this premium Australian grape growing region.

Barossa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon £18.90. 100% Cabernet Sauvignon. Matured in new (20%) and seasoned (80%) French Oak for two years, giving the wine structure, depth and balance much expected from this premium Australian grape growing region. Blueberry, black currant and cassis aromas with hints of chocolate, black olives and liquorice. Fruity palate with a small amount of spicy and herbaceous flavours. Tomato & meat-based pastas, barbecue, pizza, lamb dishes.

"Orphan Bank" Shiraz £42.00.   Destined for destruction to make way for housing, ten rows of 140-year-old Shiraz vines were rescued by Langmeil and transplanted, thus preserving part of the Barossa's heritage. These orphans are not without relatives. They share a common ancestry with our Freedom vineyard, having been planted in the 1800s on what was then the same allotment: section 3600 of Moorooroo. When Christian Auricht died in 1860 the ‘family' of Shiraz vineyard was split up. Now, 146 years later, with the generous assistance of Langmeil's team of adoptive parents, the winery has been able to reunite the flock and bring them home.

"Freedom" Shiraz. £77.00. Langmeil’s original vineyard, the Freedom, was planted in 1843 and survives to this day. Planted by our Lutheran forebears who were escaping religious persecution and war in Prussia, just seven years after the state of South Australia was colonised. They came to their new homeland, from ‘Persecution to Freedom’, to worship and find peace in our beloved Barossa. The Freedom is Langmeil’s first and foremost vineyard. A small block of Shiraz planted by Christian Auricht and his family in 1843, not only survive, but thrive on the banks of the North Para River, adjacent to our winery. Since the Bitter and Lindner families re-established the abandoned vineyards and winery in 1996, we have vinified the Freedom 1843 separately from other Shiraz at Langmeil. These thick trunked, dry grown, low yielding, gap toothed old vines, which we believe to be the oldest surviving Shiraz in Australia, are guided through the cellars in their 164th vintage by fifth generation family winemaker, Paul Lindner.

Majella Wines – Coonawarra

Shiraz. £23.90. Brown/ brick red. Shows developed cherry aromas some tar or bitumen as well as coffee. Developed with soft tannins some sweet cherry fruit still evident. Some "leather" characters evident. This wine is soft and developed and is drinking well now.

Cabernet/Shiraz “The Malleea”. £40.90.

"The Malleea" by Majella continues the great Australian tradition of Cabernet Sauvignon/Shiraz blends. They use the ripest parcels of fruit from our oldest vines, ferment them gently in their modern fermentation cellar, and then finish off the ferment in new French oak hogsheads. The wine is then aged for another 29 months in these barrels before bottling in imported fine Italian bottles. The 2004 "The Malleea" is rich, dark magenta in colour, with ripe plums, spice and vanillin oak on the nose. The palate is like a complex fruit cake with layers of fresh berries, black olives and hints of chocolate. Fine dusty tannins enhance the finish. One of Australia's great wines!!! Aging Potential: 15 - 20 years. Winemaker: Bruce Gregory

Murphy’s Vineyard

Shiraz. £8.00.  This shiraz has plum and berry characters that are supported on the palate by elegant spicy oak and hints of liquorice.

One Chain Vineyards – South Australia

Grenache/Tempranillo "The Inquisitor". £9.95.  

This Iberian inspire tastiest varieties to make a rule breaking wine of great vibrancy. Supple red berry fruit tinged with violets and wood spice with silky smooth texture

Paxton - 5 star organic vineyard. McLaren Vale

Chardonnay. £20.30.    Pale Straw. Lifted floral fragrance with citrus and stone fruit. Complex, even and attractive with freshness and texture. Citrus and stone fruit with some creamy complexity, balanced by an attractive minerally structure with crisp flavoursome length. A great expression of the fruit.

AAA Shiraz/Grenache. £13.60. 67% Shiraz, 33% Grenache. Medium intensity ruby red with purple hues. Lifted, bright, spicy red berry fruit with some floral notes. Bright spicy berry fruit, flavour filled with a fine tannin profile and a lingering savoury back palate. Smooth, even and balanced. The screw-cap closure will ensure extended longevity and freshness.

"Quandong" Shiraz. £20.30. Deep Plum. Lifted fragrance, some earthy fruit with underlying berry and truffles. Even, smooth earthy plum and berry fruit, a lot of texture from the fine tannins. The wine characters are those of a healthy vineyard.

"EJ" Shiraz. £42.00. PAXTON is proud to release its first flagship wine, the 2005 PAXTON EJ Shiraz. Named after and in admiration of David Paxton’s mother and family matriarch Elizabeth Jean – who celebrated her 100th birthday on June 22nd. Bright Ruby and Crimson. Spicy, floral, earthy, briary fruit that evolves in the glass. Elegant, delicate front exploding with a concentration of savoury fruit. Minerality is a characteristic of this vineyard, supported by full, silky tannins unique to true old-vine wine. The 2005 EJ Shiraz is made from fruit sourced from Paxton’s low lying, cool Thomas Block vineyard – which produces fruit of exceptional natural balance and flavour. The low yielding, 100+ year old Shiraz vines are amongst the oldest in McLaren Vale and are carefully hand pruned and thinned to ensure the low and uniform yields required for super premium Shiraz. Paxton viticulturalist, Toby Bekkers, manages the vineyards using ‘smart’ farming practices that focus on building naturally healthy and fertile soils, with the ultimate aim of maximising fruit quality and intensity. Winemaker, Michael Paxton comments, “The family has wanted to make this wine for some time. The fruit quality from these old vines is outstanding and ideally suited to making an exemplary McLaren Vale Shiraz.” “The wine has been released now to coincide with Jean’s 100th Birthday celebrations

Pertaringa - McLaren Vale

Pertaringa is a picturesque Australian vineyard, located in McLaren Vale on South Australia's Fleurieu Peninsula, forty kilometres south of the capital of the state, Adelaide. Pertaringa wines are testament to the synergy and perseverance of Geoff Hardy and Ian Leask, two gentlemen farmers, mates and founders of the vineyard. Pertaringa means 'belonging to the hills'. The name originates from the local indigenous language. When Geoff and Ian purchased the Pertaringa Vineyard it was run down and many of the varieties grown were unpopular at the time. So the two new owners got to work, tending to the vineyard, to make it the fine vineyard it is today. For the first five years, the grapes were sold to large wine companies, but the owners soon realised the potential of this high-quality fruit, and began producing their own wine for the Pertaringa label. Twenty years on, Pertaringa is still producing fine wines under their own label, & gaining cult status for these McLaren Vale reds. The Pertaringa vineyards have always produced some of the region's finest wines. The ancient soils are enriched by alluvial deposits from the hills above, and the moderate Maritime climate is further tempered by the sea breezes off St Vincent's gulf and the Southern Ocean, setting the scene for outstanding quality wine.

"Undercover" Shiraz.   £20.30.     A deep, dark, almost opaque black plum red with purple tinges. The Undercover Shiraz bouquet is savoury and spicy & also overtones of blackberries & plums. This wine has a soft supple mouth feel with lingering juicy fruit balanced by fine grain oak tannin with a persistent long finish.

"Rifle and Hunt" Cabernet Sauvignon. £28.70. This exuberant inky red wine is a rich Cabernet Sauvignon displaying Christmas cake characters including cinnamon, nutmeg and spice on the nose. The palate exhibits complex blackberry, ripe blackcurrant fruit with hints of chocolate and truffle underscored by earthy nuances. The wine is powerful yet restrained with a superb viscosity held by silky tannins. Drink now until 2020.

Stella Bella – Margaret River

Shiraz. £19.00. A cooler climate example of Shiraz from Margaret River with spicy, peppery flavours. Medium bodied, elegant and savoury with concentrated dark fruit flavours, subtle oak complexity and great length.

Thistledown

Shiraz. "The Basket Case". Barossa Ancient Vine.  £19.95. Sourced from 60 year old plus vines from the Moppa and Marananga region of Barossa this wine is an intense powerful wine. Deep and dark indigo appearance, with great aromas of black fruits and spice and the palate of moderate alcohol retaining immense fruit weight resulting in a powerful, glossy, deep and intense excellent with steak or lamb.

Shiraz "The Cunning Plan".  £13.95.   A McLaren Vale Shiraz, punching well above it's weight excellent with hearty red meat dishes.

Tortoiseshell Bay – Riverina

The Tortoiseshell Bay winery is located in the small hamlet of Yenda in the heart of the Riverina in New South Wales. The climate is hot and dry with winter rainfall, so grape growing is reliable, and yields are moderate to high. With a low requirement for sprays, growers have adopted minimal impact vineyard management systems resulting in consistent, high quality wines.

Merlot. £7.90. This fruity merlot has plum and raspberry aromas on the nose, rich cherry palate and a clean spicy finish, smooth tannins. An excellent wine partner to most red meats, but equally satisfying without food.

Two Hands Wine – McLaren Vale

Shiraz “Angels Share” McLaren Vale. £20.00.   Thicker and richer best describes the Angels Share, the colour looks like black ink in the glass and the bouquet is intoxicatingly rich and intense, which is full of liquorices, mocha, chocolate and spicy new oak. The flavour profile of this wine is of ripe fruits, the palate is viscous and thick, based on a sweet profile of blackcurrants, jam and tar.

Shiraz, Barossa "Bad Impersonator". £29.00. Black, ink jet colour with a slight cherry red flicker. The bouquet is all baking spice, cloves, mints, herb garden, plums, cedar and rhubarb with flour bag, cola and rose oil. The Palate is grippy, bright with an array of cherries, Full-bodied, with superb concentration, good delineation, and a rich, layered mid palate. The wine has a great punch of initial fruit that is backed by a burst of acid in the mid palate that drives the fruit to a long finish backed by fine tannins. This is a real finesse wine that shows the potential of Australian wines with more careful oak selections.

Shiraz "Bella's Garden", Barossa Valley Shiraz. £36.50. Brick red, magenta hues. Lifted characters of ripe red, berries, chocolate, liquorice, cloves and subtle cedary oak. Palate shows intense sweet fruit early and is persistent, balanced by savoury tannins that build through the middle and lingers to the end. The palate is also supported by a subtle chocolate character and balanced soft acid.

Wild Mountain - Organic Wine. Orange, N.S.W.

Established in 1966, Tamburlaine Wines was one of the first wineries in Australia to adopt an environmental management system. Today it owns the largest certified organic vineyard estate in the country between it's two properties in New South Wales' Hunter Valley and Orange Highlands. No systemic chemicals are used on Tamburlaine's organic grapes and the soils are sustained with composts, minerals and natural extracts. As well as treating and recycling all waste water from the winery, Tamburlaine are striving towards carbon neutral status for their entire business. The Landscape around Tamburlaine's 100-hectare vineyard in Orange is dominated by the extinct volcano Mount Canobolas, whose northern slopes with fertile volcanic soils are excellent for cool climate wine production. To qualify for the Orange classification vineyards need to be over 600 metres altitude, and Wild Mountain is Tamburlaine's expression of this highland region. A collection of wines which are flavoursome and approachable when young, these also have the ability to age well.

Merlot/Cabernet Sauvignon. £9.90.   Raspberry, blueberries, forest floor, chocolate and vanilla with cedary oak. Gentle fine grain tannins, silky texture with good fruit persistence.

Wild & Wilder

Cabernet Sauvignon "The Pugilist".   £11.00.   The nose shows an array of perfumed characters such as violets, oregano & thyme, along with glacé cherry aromas. Sweet ripe cherry fruit dominates the front palate which then develops into a more savoury wine, showing earthiness, toasted spices and lovely dried herb characters.

"The Opportunist" Shiraz.   £11.00.   We’ve all got a mate who, despite the calamities befalling everyone else, always lands with his bum in the butter. When everyone else sees doom and gloom, The Opportunist sees blue skies and sunshine. Love him or hate him, The Opportunist always comes out on top. An aromatic bouquet of ripe fruits, cherries and blackcurrants, with notes of freshly ground coffee, dark chocolate, peppermint, liquorice and subtle pepper. Thick and smooth with good balanced fruit weight.                                                                                          

William Randell

Shiraz.  £25.00.   Thorn Clarke’s top red is a blockbuster red made from some of the oldest vines not only in Australia but anywhere in the world. The resulting juice is concentrated and inky black with rich, savoury black fruits overlaid with coffee, chocolate and wood-spice. The palate is silky smooth yet well-structured and is almost never-ending.