Durif Wines

If you like your reds on the big and brawny side then get stuck into this ripper from De Bortoli. Black as the ace of spades with lashings of dark ripe fruit flavour and grainy tannins it is the kind of wine that will put hairs on your chest. Baro...

The cooler year has seen bigger tannins than previous years, think north east and the central north of Italy. Savoury and delicious. The underlying structure of the wine is sound with typical blueberry and sour cherry characters. Given an hour ...

Appearance: Deep Purple with violet hues. Nose: Rich fruitcake, spice, chocolate, and ripe plums dominate, urging you to taste it at once! Palate: This wine displays a rich blended texture of sumptuous black fruits, strong tannins and vanillin o...

There are few Durifs around so when we see a quality one we jump on it. The Nugan family has proved that it grows well in Griffith and responds well to the long sunshine hours. Sometimes known as Petit Syrah this dark, full-bodied wine shows vibra...

Most varietal durifs come from places like Rutherglen, yet this superb example shows that more guys in WA should be playing with it. Rich dark and deeply concentrated with masses of black fruits. On the nose it has a liqueurish perfume with is imm...

Deep purple/red colour. Dense, packed aromas, oak and fruit galore, loaded with fruit and oak and character, but not subtlety. Big and somewhat brutal with tannin, oak, alcohol and strident flavour. A touch of mint, too. Fruit sweet middle. The ta...

The big, black beast that is durif may not be a regular on your drinking calendar, but you're going to love getting to know this value-for-money character. De Bortoli has masterfully coaxed out the deep, succulent black fruits and soft appeal of t...

You don't see too many wines grown in the Riverina district given a specific vineyard designation, but why the hell not? We're all for it. You know that you're going to get a hit of grippy tannin when you sidle up to a bottle of durif, and you s...

Affordable durif - and petit verdot for that matter _ is usually worth a punt. Often turns up trumps. Look, it just sneaks in for a 90-point rating but the deliciousness factor is just so high that we had to give it a bonus point or two. It's no...

Most of Australia's best durif is grown in the Rutherglen region, though this little beauty, from New South Wales' Riverina district, certainly keeps them honest. Substantial wine. Full of big, tarry, coffeed flavours, its marriage of oak and da...

Where this wine is grown is top secret - it doesn't say anywhere on the bottle where it's from, and it hasn't since at least the 2003 release. Is it bizarre to give the vineyard name but no clue as to where the vineyard is? It's a nice wine. It ...

Deep, dark, dense purple/red/black colour. 'Cigar butt', charcoal, herbal and oaky aromas, very dense and strong. Burnt and ashy. The palate is the same: really over the top with its overripe, somewhat desiccated fruit, and black olive, tapenade, ...

Very deep, dark purple/black/red colour; dense. Smoky timbery and rather essency concentrated aromas, prunes and plums. Not much subtlety or finesse here, but massive concentration. Enormously oaky and extracted, overripe, unsubtle in the extreme....

Durif continues to revel in its recently adopted home of the Riverina. This example is typically firm, dark, deeply layered and earthy, delivering a powerful punch of true varietal expression. Wild and meaty, its smoky, chocolatey bouquet of black...

Dense, deep crimson, magenta rim; a Durif from Warrabilla is always going to be a massive wine, and this is no exception. However, it is not the least tannic or over-extracted, and can be enjoyed with roasted ox any time.

Very ripe, sarsaparilla and cola bouquet with a cold tea, savoury edge to the fruit; as extreme an example of ripe fruit as you would expect of the variety, but generous, without doubt.

Deep colour; a mix of spice, earth and licorice is wrapped around the black fruits of the bouquet, with an instant replay on the palate. The tannin and overall management of extract are very good. The only fly in the ointment is a stained Diam.

A dark, ripe and inky rendition of this famously swarthy, thundering red grape. Teusner s durif has dark plum, cassis, tar and prune, some chocolate too. Tannins are very ripe, heading through the finish with hearty, weighty and lingering presence.