Description Enjoy a dozen full-flavoured reds from top estates across Australia – all with Halliday ratings from 92-95pts. Bring home a bottle each of twelve spectacular drops from top-rated wineries, such as 2024’s Halliday Winery of the Year Bleasdale, who provide their 4x Gold medal Second Innings Malbec. Keep an eye out for silky smooth aged releases such as Rob Dolan’s “elegant” 95pt 2018 White Label Cabernet Sauvignon, and a Limited Edition 2018 Shiraz from Zilzie offering “a smorgasbord of richness from woodsy spices, oak and lots of tannin”. Valued at up to $70 a bottle, save a spectacular $165 and enjoy these premium reds for $17.99.
Rob Dolan’s decades of friendships with the region's top growers gives them access to the premier vineyards of the Yarra Valley. The purple-hued White Label Cabernet is dense with blueberry, dark cherry and mocha on a bed of fine tannins.
Hither & Yon excels in rarer grapes and interesting blends. This fine 92pt Grenache Mataro Touriga an excellent example.
A modern style label with a traditional McLaren Vale Shiraz in the bottle. It boasts "plenty of flavour, good value, nicely manged tannins..." (Ned Goodwin MW) and a few 90+ scores.
Boasting several scores between 91-93, and seven years of maturity this is a Margaret River Cabernet with, as Ken Gargett Wine Pilot writes, "a lot to like". "Cassis, licorice and plum are all there to be had. 92pts” (Halliday).
From Bleasdale, Halliday's Winery of the Year 2024, and "Australia's foremost maker of the variety... seriously good Malbec". 95pts, Exceptional Value - and FOUR Golds including a prestigious TOP Gold.
"This is good" says Ned Goodwin MW, in the Halliday Wine Companion of this cracking McLaren Vale Monte. He adds that "its really pleasing" for good measure.
"...floral, dense and powerful wine, with just enough freshness... Lilac, boysenberry, kirsch, varnish, tapenade and salumi" (Halliday) A Gold, 94pt nicely aged Reserve Hunter Valley Shiraz aged in French oak.
Rising Ground is delightful drinking “Bright and fresh style with good balance of brambly herbal character, pepper and dark plummy fruit” A treat from Pikes, with good acidity, making it a treat with a variety of dishes.
A Malbec that will have you in its spell, as it's done with show judges and critics. Made using fruit from remote Great Southern and with a characteristically colourful Vinaceous label.
Bee-autiful blend of 48% Grenache, 46% Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon & Mataro from McLaren Vale – 92 pts, Great Value.
Tscharke are leading the way with organic wines that reflect the terroir and the personality of the fruit. In their high scoring Shiraz Shiraz Shiraz, aromas of blueberry and plum bring the bouquet to life with a vibrant fresh quality.
“As it always is, this is a popular release, offering value and flavour… a fine Clare Shiraz. Good concentration, poised balance and excellent length” Ken Gargett Wine Pilot.93pts from the Halliday team too “Very enjoyable now”.
