Spinifex Esprit
Spinifex Esprit is a Grenache Mataro blend that has a vibrant, youthful and fresh palate driven by a tangy herb infused line of red fruit red currant, sour red plum, pomegranate and marjoram that gains warmth and depth turning to tobacco, game, cedar and darker fruit to close. Pulpy, fleshy fruit is drawn long with plum skin acids and stony tannins.
Henschke Johann's Garden
This spicy Barossa blend is based on fruit from mature Grenache vines. Ripe plum aromas jump out of the glass and the palate is rich and fruity with velvety tannins providing a lingering finish.
Borsao Tres Picos Garnacha
Borsao Tres Picos is an exciting 100% Garnacha (Grenache) grown in the Campo de Borja region in North Eastern Spain. Fantastically sweet and ripe, the Tres Picos has boundless aromas of cherry and ripe raspberry with a following palate full of character and complexity. Silken notes of vanilla bean, blackberries and plums all knitted together with seamless tannins. A quintessential Garnacha from its spiritual home.Borsao Garnacha Tres Picos 2010, from Campo de Borja, Spain, was named the 2012 Sommeliers Choice by Sommelier Journal following an extensive nominating and blind-tasting process.
Borsao Selección Grenache Blend
Bodegas Borsao is a coming together of 3 progressive cellars in the Campo de Borja zone, sitting just south west of the famous Rioja region. Producing wines of freshness, vibrancy and affordability. Consistently rated as one of the best-value by leading US wine critic Robert Parker Jr, Dan Murphy's is very excited to have them onboard.
William Downie Gippsland Pinot Noir
William Downie is young Australian Pinot Noir royalty. Learning his trade in the vineyards of Burgundy, Bill came back to Australia and set up his own label in Victoria's east, specifically in Gippsland. His wines are extremely limited in nature and Pinot lovers shouldn't waste any time in adding some William Downie to their cellars. The Gippsland Pinot Noir is wonderfully balanced with blackcurrant, blackberry and hints of clove and nutmeg. Beautifully dense and concentrated on the palate, lifted violets and florals shine through along with the inextricably long finish.
M Chapoutier Côtes-du-Rhône Grenache Syrah
Michel Chapoutier continues to produce wines of unbelievable value and his Cotes du Rhône is the leader of the pack. For under $20, medium bodied reds don't get better than this.
Torbreck The Steading Grenache Shiraz Mataró
Torbreck The Steading is a decadent blend of three traditional Barossa varieties. Grenache and Mataro from old bush vines provide wonderful richness and fruit flavours with only free run Shiraz used to allow the Grenache to shine through.
Domaine Le Sang des Cailloux Vacqueyras
A more serious wine from the Southern Rhone. Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre and Cinsault roots grow in reddish, brown soils through limestone and reach deep, deep down. Vinification is traditional in concrete vats with daily pumping over, followed with ageing for six months in old large foudre, then bottled without fining and no filtration. The resulting wine is a triumph and a jewel in the crown for the Rhone.
Domaine La Barroche Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Like the men and women of the Barrot family, Domaine La Barroche is many-faceted and generous. It epitomises the balance, authenticity, and flamboyant character of Châteauneuf-du-Pape a brilliant blend of hundred year old Grenache, Mourvèdre, Syrah and Cinsault from the estate's finest terroirs. This is an unique, elegant, silky and opulent wine that invariably expresses its distinctive qualities. It also shows great class thanks to its deep colour, floral bouquet, freshness, cocoa flavours and delicate after-taste.
Domaine de Font-Sane Gigondas Tradition
A blend of Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre and Cinsault, from fifty-year-old vines, grown in five very different terroirs, aged for eight months in foudres. A captivating wine, herby and aromatic, rich spicy well balanced and powerful, yet long and very elegant at the same time.