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West Australia
New South Wales
South Australia
PEEL ESTATE
Established
in 1974 by Will Nairn,
Peel Estate
has long been considered one of the
leading boutique
wineries in Australia with total
production of only 8000 cases. The winery receives a coveted 4 star
rating in
James Halliday’s Wine Companion.
The Chenin Blanc
is one of Australia’s most extraordinary white wines with a huge peachy
nose and charry wood aromas. This is a wine that will age for over ten years and
develops
extraordinary complexity in the bottle. The Verdelho
is just about my favourite
white wine. Unoaked, it has delectable greengage and
lime fruit with elegant acidity. Don’t miss
the excellent
Sauvignon Blanc/Chenin with grassy
fruit from the Margaret River.
 
2006
Peel
Estate
Sauvignon Blanc / Chenin Baldivis (SC)
Price: £8.98
Bin No. AU922
2008
Peel
Estate
Verdelho Baldivis (SC)
Price: £9.99
Bin No. AU93
2003
Peel
Estate
Chardonnay Baldivis
Price: £10.99
Bin No. AU91
2003
Peel Estate Chenin Blanc
Baldivis
Price: £10.99
Bin No. AU92
Three quite stunning reds that are only available in tiny
quantities as the wine has achieved a
cult status in Australia. The
Cabernet Sauvignon is made in a classic
French style and
Will rates the 2001 as one of the best he has ever made. Aged
in French oak, it has a
wonderful integration of fruit and wood. The flagship
Shiraz has an astonishing structure
and concentration
of flavour: allspice, cloves and intense black fruit.
Both reds can be drunk
from now to 2020. Don’t
overlook the new Merlot/Cabernet Franc:
this delicious St-Émilion
style red is made from a blend of Cabernet Franc and
Merlot, aged in French oak.
 
2006
Peel Estate Premium Red
Baldivis (SC)
Price: £8.98
Bin No. AU33
2002
Peel Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Baldivis
Price: £14.98
Bin No. AU31
2001
Peel Estate Shiraz
Baldivis
Price: £13.98
Bin No. AU32
As Will says on his website: ‘Most
of the new Australian roses range between medium sweet and sickly sweet. Peel’s
is
uncompromisingly dry’.
Made from a blend of Merlot and Cabernet Franc
2007/08
Peel Estate
Rosé
Sec
(SC)
Price: £8.98
Bin No. AU999
South Australia
Dry River
This entry-point range of wines
from south-east Australia should not be disregarded because of their low price.
All three are excellent, well-made wines that show good varietal
characteristics.
2009
Dry River Chardonnay
(SC)
Price: £4.59
Bin No.
AU79
2009
Dry River Pinot Grigio (SC)
Price: £4.99
Bin No.
AU78
2009
Dry
River Shiraz (SC)
Price: £4.59
Bin No.
AU09
WIRRA WIRRA WINERY
Sadly the collapse of the pound has
meant that these excellent wines would all be going up by such a frighteningly
large amount that it is no longer viable stocking them, so make the most of them
at this price!
2008
Scrubby Rise Sauvignon Blanc - Semillon - Viognier (SC)
Price: £8.48
Bin No. AU84
2006
Sexton Acre unwooded
Chardonnay (SC)
Price:
£8.48
Bin No. AU61
2007
Scrubby Rise Shiraz -
Cabernet - Petit Verdot
(SC)
Price: £8.48
Bin No. AU04
2005/07
Church Block Cabernet - Shiraz - Merlot
Price:
£10.99
Bin No. AU01
2006
Dead Ringer
Cabernet Sauvignon
Price:
£27.95
Bin No. AU02
2003
RSW Shiraz
Price:
£27.95
Bin No. AU03
HOLLICK -
Coonawarra
An independent, family-owned vineyard located on one of the
original Coonawarra ‘blocks’
in the cool south-east corner of South Australia.
Aged in a mixture of French and American
oak for 12 months, this Pinot Noir has
depth of flavour but unusual elegance for an Australian Pinot.
2005 Hollick Pinot Noir
Limestone Coast
Price: £9.99
Bin No. AU14
2003 Hollick
Cabernet Sauvignon
Limestone Coast
Price: £12.99
Bin No. AU141
TAMAR RIDGE
– Tasmania
An
independent, family-owned vineyard located on one of the original Coonawarra
‘blocks’ in the
cool south-east corner of South Australia. Aged in a mixture of French and
American oak for 12 months,
this Pinot Noir has depth of flavour but unusual elegance for an
Australian Pinot.
2008
Devil's Corner Sauvignon Blanc (SC)
Price: £9.99
Bin No. AU71
2008 Devil's
Corner
Pinot Noir (SC)
Price: £10.99
Bin No. AU011
GRANT BURGE -
Barossa Valley
Grant Burge’s
unoaked Barossa Vines Chardonnay
has superb tropical fruit, and comes from his
own Barossa fruit. He is the largest private landowner in the area, but never
makes any sacrifice in the
quality of his wine. Grant Burge’s Barossa Vines Shiraz is a classic:
packed with ripe hedgerow fruits - as
indeed is the ‘Old Vine Shiraz’, his ‘black monster’ flagship wine: quite
stunning. The Holy Trinity – his ‘
hommage’ to Châteauneuf - has proved an enormous success and is a blend of
classic Rhône varieties: Grenache,
Shiraz and Mataro. Grant Burge’s 10 Year Old Tawny is made from Shiraz,
Grenache and Mataro aged in oak
quarter casks under the solera system and makes a delicious summer aperitif or
or pour over the Christmas pudding!
2008
Barossa
Vines Chardonnay
Barossa Valley
(SC)
Price: £6.99 Bin No. AU64
2006
Barossa
Vines Shiraz
Barossa Valley
Price:
£7.99
Bin No. AU20
2007
Grant Burge
Shiraz
Old Vine - Filsell
Price:
£16.98
Bin No. AU18
2005
The Holy
Trinity
Grenache/Shiraz/Mouvèdre
Price: £16.98 Bin No. AU08
Stickies
Grant
Burge’s 10 Year Old Tawny is made from Shiraz, Grenache and Mataro aged
in oak quarter casks under the solero system and makes a delicious summer
aperitif
or digestive. Hollick made its first botrytised wine in 1985 and now
has something of a
reputation for this style. The 2004 is a luscious wine with
intense honey and citrus
flavours with a fresh finish.
NV
Grant Burge 10 year old Tawny
Barossa Valley
Price: £14.99
Bin No. DW10
2004 Hollick 'the Nectar' Botrytis Riesling 37.5cl
Coonawarra
Price £8.99
Bin No. DW29
New South Wales
TRENTHAM
ESTATE
Since listing these wines for the
first time at the end of 2002, we have been
delighted at the success we have had
with them. The Murphy family were pioneer
winemakers in the Murray River valley
and their vineyards now spread over 50 hectares.
After spending 11 years at Mildara Blass, Anthony Murphy returned to the family
estate as winemaker and
they now win numerous medals, including a gold
medal for the
Viognier
at the Melbourne show.
2008 Lantana
Semillon Chardonnay
Murray River
Valley (SC)
Price: £5.99
Bin No.AU81
2009 Murphy’s
Big River Chardonnay
Murray River
Valley (SC)
Price: £6.69
Bin No.AU90
2005
Trentham Estate Viognier
Murray River
Valley (SC)
Price: £9.99
Bin No.AU96
2008
Trentham Estate Pinot Grigio
Murray River
Valley
(SC)
Price: £9.99
Bin No.AU961
2007 Lantana
Shiraz/Cabernet Murray
River Valley (SC)
Price: £5.99
Bin No.AU15
2009 Murphy’s
Big River Shiraz Murray
River Valley (SC)
Price: £6.99
Bin No.AU40
2008
Trentham Estate Pinot Noir
Murray River Valley
(SC)
Price: £8.99
Bin No.AU061
2003
Trentham Estate Shiraz
Murray River
Valley
Price: £9.99
Bin No.AU46
2004/5
Trentham Estate Nebbiolo
Murray River
Valley
Price: £9.99
Bin No.AU06
2006
Trentham Estate Petit Verdot
Murray River
Valley
Price: £9.99
Bin No.AU56
MCGUIGAN WINES
The Black
Label red, Black Label Merlot and the Black Label Shiraz
are
all made in the typical Brian McGuigan’s style with lots of fruit and a gentle
sweetness. The Merlot winning a gold medal in a recent International Wine
Challenge.
McGuigan’s Black Label
Chardonnay
Hunter Valley
Price: £5.99
Bin No. AU83
McGuigan’s Black Label
Gewurztraminer/Riesling
Hunter Valley
Price: £5.99
Bin No. AU88
McGuigan’s Black Label
Hunter Valley (SC)
Price: £5.99
Bin No. AU11
McGuigan’s Black Label Merlot
Hunter Valley
(SC)
Price:
£5.99
Bin No.
AU05
McGuigan’s Black Label Shiraz
Hunter Valley (SC)
Price: £5.99
Bin No. AU30
Finch’s
Line
Made by the extremely talented Miles
Corrish who combines being a Master of Wine with
a serious cricketer, this multi-layered Shiraz from 60 year old vineshas
been hand-picked
and fermented with indigenous yeasts before ageing in French barriques for 15
months.
Very different to Barossa Shiraz in style, it has an almost Rhône-like elegance.
2006 Finch's Line Shiraz
Hunter Valley (SC)
Price: £13.99
Bin No. AU10
Stickies
De Bortoli is
a large family-owned winery, which is most famous for its remarkable
botrytis Sémillon. Darren De Bortoli developed the wine during the 1980s at the family
winery at Bilbul in southern New South Wales. It is now widely accepted as
Australia's
benchmark pudding wine. The Trentham Noble
Taminga is a complex, botrytised
blend of Riesling, Traminer and Ferrano.
2003/5 Trentham Estate Noble Taminga 37.5cl
New South Wales
Price £7.49
Bin No.DW31
2001
De Bortoli Noble One
Barossa Valley 37.5 cl
Price: £14.98
Bin No. DW34
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