Description Some wines are made for early drinking, but enjoy what a few years’ bottle maturation offers to well-crafted, and well-cellared wines. Here are a dozen Aussie Reds for Christmas with 4-6 years’ of mellow maturity under their belt. Save $110. Savour a Shiraz trio between 4 and 6 years of age, in Tahbilk’s Victorian 94pt beauty “quite stunning – and delicious” (Halliday) along with multi-Gold Kilikanoon favourite Baroota Reserve and 91pt Sevenhill’s Single Vineyard ‘Inigo’ Shiraz 2019, the oldest red here. From WA sip a 93pt Margaret River Cabernet, and a velvety Merlot from Blackwood Valley, 150km east of WA’s most famous region. Then back in South Australia, there’s a multi Gold, 97pt Tempranillo from Zonte’s Footstep of ”terrific fruit purity” (Wine Orbit).
Treat yourself to a multi-Gold, 97pt very appealing Tempranillo from the dynamic Zonte's Footstep team. Gorgeous with lamb cutlets!
Enjoy a "beautifully composed and varietally expressed" 93pt Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon – "Seriously good value drinking here." (WinePilot).
A WA Merlot to approach with confidence. It's from the remote Blackwood Valley and “Deliciously generous” in the words of WA expert Ray Jordan, who awarded it 92pts.
94pt, Great Value “Shiraz shines in 2021… quite stunning – and delicious… great varietal definition… finishing with style and grace” (Halliday).
In the Inigo Shiraz, toasty oak, prunes, mocha and licorice aromas meld together setting the scene for generous dark-fruited flavours of plums and blackberries, threaded through with coconut and oatmeal nuances.
Angove is one of Australia's oldest family owned wineries, founded in 1886. The Limited Release Shiraz is carefully crafted from grapes grown in the Stockwell area to the north of the Barossa region, Bethany in the south and Angaston to the east.
