Shiraz Blend Wines

Almost all wines created by Scarpantoni Wines have been made from vineyards planted by the Scarpantoni family over the half a century or so, with only a couple of exceptions to the rule. Block 3 at the winery estate is probably the best-known exce...

The first up feature of the wine is the very appealing colour – deep red and purple tints. As described above, a very fine vintage for McLaren Vale and these characters dominate the aroma and palate. Lifted Turkish Delight fruit, sweet dark berry ...

The Dandelions are a bunch of vignerons that cherry-pick the best vineyards in South Australia to make wines that are intelligent and well flavoured. Winemaker Elena Brooks is already showing what a rare talent she is having won a swag of awards. ...

Medium purple/red colour. Bright, fresh 'cherry ripe' and blackberry fruit aromas, suspicion of carbonic maceration. Beaujolais-like. Some peppery, dusty notes. Soft, fruity, gentle taste with fine, firm tannins providing structure. Simple but app...

Deep red/purple colour. Slightly 'funky', sweaty aromas with roast meat notes. Tannic and grainy in texture. A little rustic, but has flavour and guts. The astringency may catch in a few throats, but it's rich, deep and fleshy too. Possibly better...

A charming Rhone-inspired red whose musky fragrance of violets, iris, small berries, fresh cedar/chocolate oak and suggestions of charcuterie meats has a sweet, heady, viognier-like lift of spice and perfume. It's generous, smooth and elegant, wit...

Scented with dusty notes of white pepper, cinnamon and cloves, this lightly chocolatey young wine is smooth but short-lived, with a gentle, forward and earthy palate of slightly under and overripened fruit. It's beginning to tire.

A charmingly fruit-driven, soft and early-drinking red whose spicy, slightly meaty bouquet of blueberries, blackberries, dark plums and bramble reveals a sweet floral perfume. Smooth, juicy and sweetly fruited, with a supple backbone of dusty tann...

Finely crafted and evenly balanced, this elegant, juicy red blend has a pristine scent of cassis, raspberries, red cherries and plums laced with aromas of violets and white pepper and knit with sweet chocolate/vanilla oak. It's long, smooth and su...

Very elegant, smooth and vibrant, this luscious, medium-weight red blend has an intense, floral and slightly jammy bouquet of mulberries, blackcurrants and dark plums dusted with musky, exotic spices and undertones of white pepper. It's juicy and ...

The shiraz-cabernet blend is the cornerstone of many of Australia's most beloved red wines - and rightly so. Blends, generally, make better wines. Its popularity and reputation is well deserved. Most years we have to nod and admit that the horde...

An 85/15% shiraz, and cabernet sauvignon and merlot blend; bright crimson-purple; a fresh and lively palate that has spicy, cool-grown spicy berry characters amplified by persistent, but fine and ripe tannins.

Youthful, bright purple; made from a mix of traditional Portuguese varieties and shiraz, and looks to the future, rather than the past, with its outstanding balance. It is much less sweet than the wines of past decades, its wonderful array of spic...

This Bordeaux style blend is a harmonious reflection of the individual grape varieties that was carefully selected to form a wines that delivers from the first sip. A notably perfumed nose with inviting plum, stewed fruit and ripe strawberry note...

We love a bit of wanton hedonism in the Cracka offices, so we were chuffed to find a wine label that celebrates the pursuit. The Hedonist is a result of Walter Clappis’ amazing career where he amassed an amazing 37 trophies and 124 gold medals. Th...

Finely made and tightly integrated, this deep, but rather closed red is beginning to develop charming complexity. Its leathery and chocolatey fragrance of meaty dark plums, berries and prunes reveals spicy, earthy undertones, while its long, leane...