Chris Ringland Dry Grown Barossa Ranges Shiraz
Chris Ringland's Barossa Ranges Shiraz is steeped in the Barossas post-colonial story and the high art and science of winemaking. Typically deep in colour with intense dark berry, paneforte, espresso roasted chestnut aromas, it displays a plush and concentrated palate with blackberry, mocha, paneforte spicy flavours and dense fine chocolaty tannins. Despite the opulence, flamboyance, richness and concentration, the wine has superb percussion and freshness. The wine is a small vinification of around four to five hogsheads or 1500 litres. The "unusually thick skinned" Shiraz is entirely sourced from Chris Ringland's dry-grown vineyard on the edge of the Barossa Valley, but technically in Eden Valley, along Flaxman's Valley near Randall's Hill. The wine is "painstakingly hand-made" in open fermenters and regularly pumped-over to extract colour, flavour and tannins. After draining and pressing through a traditional basket press, fermentation is completed in 100% new French oak hogsheads. A period of up to 50 months oak maturation follows to achieve optimum complexity and balance between oak and fruit. The extraordinarily high release prices (higher than Penfolds Grange), limited production and reputation make Chris Ringland Barossa Ranges Shiraz the stuff of legend.
Chris Ringland Dry Grown Barossa Ranges Shiraz 2016 3L
99 points$3,000 eachPrice consistently lowChris Ringland Dry Grown Barossa Ranges Shiraz 2015 3L
99 points$3,000 eachPrice consistently lowChris Ringland Dry Grown Barossa Ranges Shiraz 2015
99 points$899 eachTypical priceChris Ringland Dry Grown Barossa Ranges Shiraz 2016 1.5L
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99 points$3,750 eachPrice consistently highChris Ringland Dry Grown Barossa Ranges Shiraz 2006 6L
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99 points$10,999 eachPrice consistently highChris Ringland Dry Grown Barossa Ranges Shiraz 2003 6L
99 points$10,999 eachPrice consistently high
Tenuta Dell'ornellaia Masseto
Tenuta Dell'ornellaia Masseto 2018
99 points$1,650 eachPrice consistently lowTenuta Dell'ornellaia Masseto 2020
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99 points$1,990 eachPrice consistently high
Trimbach Clos Ste Hune Riesling
Trimbach Clos Ste Hune Riesling 2018
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99 points$750 eachPrice consistently high
Domaine Comte Georges de Vogue Grand Cru
One of the two Grand Crus from this iconic Domain, this one the wilder of the family. The soils here are on gentler slopes, (less well-drained, less quickly warmed by the sun) than their stablemates. This lends the Bonnes-Mares a distinctive individuality in the portfolio. It is more purple, rather than ruby, and takes its energy from structure, rather than minerality. It's "unconventional and free-thinking says vigneron Eric Bourgogne.
Domaine Comte Georges de Vogue Grand Cru 2022
99 points$1,650 eachPrice consistently lowDomaine Comte Georges de Vogue Grand Cru 2021
99 points$1,895 eachPrice consistently high
Chateau La Mission Haut-Brion
Chateau La Mission Haut-Brion 2015
$1,000 eachPrice consistently highChateau La Mission Haut-Brion 2016
$1,200 eachPrice consistently high
Domaine Dujac
Domaine Dujac 2015
99 points$450 eachNew offer at low priceDomaine Dujac 2019
99 points$600 eachNew offer at low priceDomaine Dujac Grand Cru 2016
99 points$1,200 eachNew offer at typical priceDomaine Dujac 2016
99 points$1,200 eachNew offer at typical priceDomaine Dujac Grand Cru 2018
99 points$1,500 eachNew offer at high priceDomaine Dujac, Clos de la Roche Grand Cru 2019
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99 points$1,500 eachNew offer at high priceDomaine Dujac Grand Cru 2019
99 points$1,500 eachNew offer at high priceDomaine Dujac, Bonnes-Mares, Grand Cru 2019
99 points$1,700 eachNew offer at high price
Domaine Dujac Aux Malconsorts 1er cru
DOMAINE DUJAC Aux Malconsorts 1er cru, Vosne-Romanee
Domaine Dujac Aux Malconsorts 1er cru 2015
99 points$1,300 eachNew offer at low priceDomaine Dujac Aux Malconsorts 1er cru 2017
99 points$1,300 eachNew offer at low priceDomaine Dujac Aux Malconsorts 1er cru 2018
99 points$1,400 eachNew offer at high priceDomaine Dujac Aux Malconsorts 1er cru 2019
99 points$1,400 eachNew offer at high price
Château Pavie Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
Saint-Emilion Grand Cru 2006
$1,599 eachPrice consistently low
Château Mouton Rothschild
Chateau Mouton Rothschild 2018
$1,800 eachPrice consistently high
Laurent Ponsot Grand Cru Cuvée du Saule
LAURENT PONSOT Grand Cru Cuvée du Saule , Griotte-Chambertin
Laurent Ponsot Grand Cru Cuvée du Saule 2018
99 points$1,299 eachPrice consistently lowLaurent Ponsot Grand Cru Cuvée du Saule 2020 1.5L
99 points$2,995 eachTypical priceLaurent Ponsot Grand Cru Cuvée du Saule 2020
99 points$1,550 eachPrice consistently highLaurent Ponsot Grand Cru Cuvée du Saule 2021
99 points$2,350 eachPrice consistently high
