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This is a wine that regularly wins plaudits at Cuisine tastings for its ripe, harmonious reflection of the shiraz-friendly warmth of the Barossa Valley floor. This version is typically brambly, with exotic, bayleaf-like scents. In the mouth, rich mocha and red and dark fruit flavours hold sway. The texture is appealingly gentle. Try it with sirloin steak. 

June 2018


About Cuisine Wine

The Cuisine wine panel consists of three judges and an associate judge. The panel chair is John Belsham, highly respected international judge, winemaker and owner of Foxes Island Wines in Marlborough, as well as a wine consultant to Air New Zealand. Australian wine authority Ralph Kyte-Powell joins the panel three times a year to judge and write up tastings for Australian Shiraz, NZ Cabernet and Merlot blends, Champagne, and international sparkling wines. Ralph has worked in the wine and hospitality industries for more than 30 years, and has travelled extensively. He writes a regular a column in The Age and is a former co-author of the Penguin Good Australian Wine Guide. The Cuisine panel also includes guest winemakers and wine specialists from New Zealand and Australia. Tasting notes for New Zealand wines are prepared by Cuisine’s NZ wine writer John Saker, also an associate judge.