Liqueur Shiraz Wines

This is based on the 1980 vintage and built through a solero system with subsequent vintages until release. Rich unctuous and powerfully intense. There's lots of coffee bean, raisin and dark, dark chocolate. Multi-layered complexity of dark raisin...

Good hue; good example of the style; dark berry fruit with a touch of spice; clean spirit and very good balance; in the drier style now being aspired to. 375 ml.

The colour is still deep; has black fruits, spice, licorice and raisin flavours, but relatively speaking is quite dry and is well balanced. Good fortified wine. 375 ml.

Nose resembles a mix of hay and stewed plum-like aromas, leading to a hot, inky, licorice palate.

This shows that Swan Valley can still do these luscious Aussie liqueur styles beautifully. This is deep and rich and concentrated with great balance of fruit, old oak and bright spirit. Love the dark chocolate and dark liqueur plum flavours. Great...

The nose is an intriguing blend of black currants and over-ripe plums with subtle brandy spirit. The palate is simply inspired. Luscious, densely packed and highly concentrated essence of plums, spices with touches of toffee and palm sugar. It...

The beginnings of this wine started with vine dried grapes that were hand picked by John Kosovich's mother, Ane, in April 1983. With a ripeness level of 19 baume', the small parcel of fruit was perfect for the creation of a distinctive and unique ...

Deep, dark crimson-purple; a very intense savoury spicy wine, made in a refreshingly dry style, the sweetness only just apparent. Could age very well indeed.

Is not over-sweet, nor is the spirit fiery; should develop nicely in bottle — it is a vintage port style — but is accessible now.

Dense colour; immensely rich black fruits, mocha and dark chocolate; decades to go.

Spicy; quite dry and long, with good varietal character although here the spirit is a little aggressive. Shiraz port style.

A very rich and sweet mix of older and younger material; in full-on sweet Australian tawny port style. Has a remarkably incoherent back label.

Colour: Brown onion with a tinge of cherry red. Nose: Heady but clean spirit mingles with caramel toffee, Christmas cake, raisins, dusty earthiness and rancio characters. Palate: Luscious, rich and sweet. Raisins and caramel coats the mouth with...

Deep garnet in colour. Beautifully integrated aromas of blackberry essence, plum conserve and tobacco leaf. A full flavoured, mouth-filling and ultimately silky smooth wine with pleasant tailing brandy spirit warmth.

A rich, beautifully balanced wine showing intense aromas of dark berries mixed with hints of liquorice, citrus peel and mint. The palate shows lovely integration of spirit and finishes long and seamless with very finely textured tannin. A refined,...

Is thick and viscous, with plenty of rich flavours of raisins, black currant, liquorice, plums and a few other red berry fruits. It's lusciously sweet with plenty of warm alcohol.