Australian Shiraz Special

Broken Record Shiraz

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Quintessentially Australian, this range offers consistent quality, hugely appealing, commercial wine styles that have gained a loyal following. Reflecting our skill and experience in seeking out the very best of Australia, our wines capture ideal climatic conditions and pure varietal definition.

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Broken Record Shiraz

Murphy Vineyard Shiraz

This attractive, fruit-driven Shiraz comes from the Murphy family’s vineyards in Australia’s Murray Darling region where they have grown grapes since 1909.
Cherry red with hints of dark plum and chocolate on the nose. The wine is seamlessly balanced with sweet lifted fruit, subtle oak and soft tannins, a delicious wine made to enjoy now.

Harvested at full ripeness, the grapes were crushed and fermented on skins for seven days with regular pumpovers to extract colour and flavour. After pressing, the wine was aged with select French and American oak before blending and bottling.

The Murphy family have grown grapes in the Murray Darling region of Australia, part of the Big Rivers, since 1909. They build on this experience to create their fruit-driven wines.
The grape selection and winemaking practices at Murphy Vineyards aim to highlight the fruit flavours with these appealing wines that show ripe fruit aromas and soft, rich palates. Murphy Vineyards have selected, from their own plantings, Chardonnay and Shiraz grapes of good sound quality which have displayed true varietal expression in the final wine.

Inviting on the nose with rich fruit aromas & medicinal hints. On the palate big, rich & soft all the way through with lovely bramble & blackberry fruit flavours followed by just a hint of spice. Fantastic value at this price

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The Accomplice Shiraz

Let the Accomplice be your partner in wine. Cheeky, fun, easy drinking wine for everyday.

A fruit driven soft juicy Shiraz. With a bright red appearance, this youthful Shiraz exhibits a chorus of juicy red berries flavours with layers of spice and a soft tannin finish.

Following good rains during winter, good soil moisture along with warm spring days leading into the 2021 vintage allowed the vines to enjoy a good growing season with crops returning to an average size. Relatively mild summer temperatures enabled the fruit to retain a good acidity and freshness of flavour. Harvest began mid-January for the white grapes, with red grapes starting a month later and all Riverina fruit harvested prior to the end of March. Good yields and very good quality.

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The De Bortoli family story is one of determination and triumph that started 90 years ago and is now told, generations later, across Australia.
Our heritage encompasses the universal story of immigrants making good in an adopted land, the rise and rise of the Australian wine industry and the tale of a hardworking and innovative family
who considers good wine, good food and good friends to be among the true pleasures in life.
Today, as a fourth generation enters the family business, De Bortoli is amongst the top wine producers of Australia with vineyards spanning 6 premium wine regions.

Over the past few years we have changed our thinking and our approach to growing grapes and making wine. The change is being driven by both philosophical and pragmatic factors but mostly by our desire to leave a legacy for future generations, an idea with resonance for any family-owned company.

The Accomplice Shiraz

Soldiers Block Shiraz – Delicate red fruit and herbal aromas open up to a palate of ripe mulberry and plum fruit. the fine grained tannin and vanilla from the oak, work in balance to deliver a wine of poise and elegance.

Soldiers Block Shiraz is sourced from ancient Victorian soils in order to achieve a wine with greater finesse, purity and structure as well as typical eucalypt flavours and saline finish associated with the area. Picked at night and crushed within an hour of picking before being sent to the fermentation tanks. The Shiraz grapes were fermented in temperature-controlled tanks maintained at 22 – 25ºC to avoid extracting any harsh tannins, with the fermentations pumped over to extract good colour. 20% of the final blend is barrel aged. The winemaker also added 5% Malbec at the end of the whole process – a sneaky technique that gives a mulberry fruit twist on the finish.

Bright, aromatic and juicy on the nose with just a touch of naughty bacon fat. True to the varietal, the tiny proportion of Malbec in this blend gives a flowery perfume. This vintage is our brightest, most dangerously drinkable Shiraz to date due to its fine, bright fruit and soft silky elegance.

Drink with Moroccan lamb tagine, roast vegetables and hard cheeses

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Two in Bush Shiraz

Named after one of the original mineshafts in the Bird in Hand goldmine, Two in the Bush wines are great value wines designed for everyday drinking.
TASTING NOTE
Deep red in colour with bright purple hues, this wine exhibits lifted and intense aromatics, with ripe and spicy dark fruit characters of blackberry
and black plum mixed with a touch of pepper and vanilla bean. A medium bodied and elegant wine with plenty of mid-palate weight and flesh, supple
tannins and balanced acidity driving a long finish.
VINTAGE CONDITIONS
The 2020 growing season started on the back of average winter rainfall in the Adelaide Hills. Springtime was characterised by dryer than average
conditions, with rainfall down 35%. There were also several frosty mornings from September through to November. Late Spring to early Summer was
hot and dry. Although bunch numbers were generally good, the conditions meant that bunch weights were well down. This meant that yields across
the board were low. January and early February were characterised by mild conditions and some decent rain events were highly beneficial for
freshening vine canopies and filling out bunches. The remainder of the ripening period through Autumn was favourable, with night-time
temperatures remaining cool, daytime temperatures mild and no major heat spikes or rain events. This enabled a long, slow and even ripening, helped
grapes retain good natural acidity and ensured they could be picked at the optimal time for flavour and style.
VINIFICATION DETAILS
Fruit was destemmed upon arrival to the winery, ensuring a large percentage of whole berries, then processed directly into small open
fermenters ranging between 3-15 tonne. Fermentation takes place with a mix of wild and carefully selected yeast strains. Gentle cap management
techniques were used including hand plunging, pump overs and delestage. Parcels spent between 7-12 days on skins before being gently pressed and
transferred to French oak barrels ranging in size from 225L to 500L. All vineyard parcels are kept separate from harvesting through to final
blending, with the wine characters distinctly different from each vineyard. The 2020 Two in the Bush Shiraz spent approximately 16 months in French
oak. During this time, the wine was racked once to assist in natural clarification. Samples are taken from individual Shiraz barrels and assessed
by the winemaking team, looking for the right mix of colour, fruit character, complexity, and tannin structure for this label. The 2020 Two in the Bush
Shiraz is comprised of 20% new French oak with the remainder in seasoned barrels

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Bird in Hand is a family-owned winery cultivating cool-climate artisan wines that capture the spirit of South Australia’s Adelaide Hills.
The Bird in Hand Foundation supports creativity, gender & indigenous equality through education & the arts.
Bird in Hand acknowledges the people of Peramangk Land on which it stands and recognises their connection to culture, community and Country.
Bird in Hand supports the Uluru Statement.

Bird in Hand is a world-renowned producer of fine wine that celebrates the senses. For them, wine opens doors to other worlds. It is a connector to art, food and culture, bringing people together to share moments of happiness and joy.

Bird in Hand maintains a high standard of environmental practices across their business. They feel that they should be making every effort to look after the clean, green Adelaide Hills and have recently eliminated all synthetic pesticides and fungicides from the estate vineyards and gardens. They also actively encourage biodiversity with the aim to bring back native grasses under the vines and a healthy population of good insects.

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Two in Bush Shiraz

Heartland Wine Shiraz
Heartland is the place between the vines that offers the best view of the gum trees.

The Heartland Shiraz is deep ruby colour predicts aromas of black currants and smokehouse bacon. These notes are accompanied on the palate by dark chocolate and a wisp of pepper spice. The power and intensity of the wine is undeniable and well beyond expectation.

We produce wines that remain true to the recognized Australian style, and the cool climate of Langhorne Creek. Heartland Shiraz is a pure expression of Australia’s most iconic variety.

Winemaker: Ben Glaetzer Region: Langhorne Creek Soil: Sandy loam Variety: Shiraz

Tasting Notes: The deep ruby colour predicts aromas of black currants and smokehouse bacon. These notes are accompanied on the palate by dark chocolate and a wisp of pepper spice. The power and intensity of the wine is undeniable and well beyond expectation.

Vinification: The Shiraz was de-stemmed, crushed and pumped over twice a day for ten days. The wine matured for 12 months in oak prior to bottling. The low yields of fruit offered wonderful concentration. We believe that Heartland Shiraz is going from strength to strength. Demand suggests we might be right.

Alc/Vol: 14.5% Maturation Vessel: 100% oak Age of vines: 20+ years Time in barrel: 12 month Cellaring Potential: 5-10 years Age of barrels: 0 – 4 years Oak Type: Selected French and American barrels in combination [300 litre] Suitable for vegans: Yes

Heartland Wine Shiraz – another great wine from Langhorne Creek

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Heartland Wines is a joint venture from industry veterans and lifelong mates Ben Glaetzer (of Glaetzer Wines fame) and Nick Keukenmeester in Langhorne Creek, South Australia. From its inception in 1999, Heartland’s ethos has been to create wines of balance, texture and a distinctive Australian identity, with a focus on Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz.

Langhorne Creek’s exceptional terroir is the soul of Heartland. One of Australia’s oldest viticultural regions, the area is unique in South Australia due to its cool maritime climate and significant diurnal range. The resulting long growing season, along with ancient alluvial soils, makes it particularly suited to Cabernet Sauvignon. Many local growers have been cultivating the variety for generations, which explains the prevalence of old vines; Langhorne Creek boasts the oldest Cabernet Sauvignon vines in the world.