Description Start with a Shiraz duo comprising the impeccable 96pt Sidewood from Adelaide Hills, with ten Golds including two Doubles:“its balance is flawless. Exceptional value” (Halliday); and Triple Gold, 94pt favourite, Chocolate Factory from Zonte’s Footstep. Barossa’s Purple Hands winery offers“...a whole lot of inherent drinkability from the word go. Great stuff.” (Halliday) in their 2022 Grenache, and Mudgee’s Vinifera, an organic Tempranillo with two Golds a 93pt score from The Real Review, and 90pts from the Halliday team. Enjoy its “Heady nose of ripe plums, dark chocolate and clove spices”. From WA you have a Margaret River Cabernet Merlot with a prized Top Gold among its tally of FIVE, and a super generous Malbec from Great Southern’s Frankland River. “A big boy with lashings of black fruit, savoury meatiness and ... grainy tannins” (The Real Review). To have six wines with 27 Golds between them is quite remarkable. On top of that five of those are either Double Golds or even more impressive Top Golds – and then there are the high point scores. Save $108 for two bottles of each.
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An expression of the region's maritime climate, Zonte's Footstep's beloved McLaren Vale grape factory produces Shiraz with a signature milk chocolate core – their wonky take on decadent and lush. As they say at the winery, it's "Willy, Willy Good".
