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Australia has grown its wine industry to become the eighth-largest in the entire world. Australian wine has done this through a unique combination of taking advantage of the local growing conditions, the implementation of high-tech winemaking techniques, and brilliant marketing. Which is not to imply that all the wines of Australia are in any way sterile or devoid of personality, as some of their more popular, mass-marketed one are. Quite the opposite is true: At their best, the wines of Australia are explosively flavorful and delicious examples of all that New World wines can be. In fact, the Shiraz grape variety is grown and vinified in Australia as well as it is anywhere in the world, including its native Rhone Valley in France. And Australian Chardonnays and Port-style fortified wines are delightful. The potential for the wines of Australia is truly dizzying: When it comes to wine, the Aussies, these days, can seem to do no wrong, at least when it comes to serious wines.

 
 
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Sr No.    Brand   Appellation   Designation   Varietal Year Price Qty.
1 Penfolds
Penfolds
St Henri   Shiraz
WE89
Penfolds St Henri is a counterpoint to Penfolds Grange. St Henri is a highly successful, alternative expression of Shiraz. It is unusual among high quality Australian red wines as it does not rely on new oak. It was created in the mid-1950s (first commercial vintage 1957) and gained a new lease of life in the 1990s as its quality and distinctive style became better understood. Penfolds St Henri is rich and plush when young and gains soft, earthy, mocha-like characters as it ages. It is matured in old, 1460-litre vats that allow the wine to develop, but impart no oak character. A small proportion of Cabernet is often used to improve structure, but the focal point for Penfolds St Henri is Shiraz.

The 2003 Penfolds St. Henri Shiraz offers an alternative expression of Shiraz to that of Grange. It is unusual among high quality Australian red wines as it does not rely on new oak. Created in the early 1950s (first commercial vintage 1957) this wine gained a new lease of life in the 1990s as its quality, distinctive style and food compatibility became better understood - and as many wine drinkers shied away from fashionable highly oaked and alcoholic reds! Penfolds St. Henri represents pure fruit definition and flavour. It is matured in old, 1460-litre vats that, while allowing the wine to develop, impart no oak character, ensuring that the focal point for Penfolds St. Henri is the Shiraz fruit. The 2003 vintage is rich and plush now and will gain soft earthy, mocha-like characters as it ages. Peak drinking now to 2024. Peter Gago, Penfolds Chief Winemaker
2003 $39.99
2
Henry's Drive
Padthaway Shiraz Shiraz
WS90
Big, smooth and round, with a distinct minty note capping a mountain of ripe blackberry, prune and charred oak flavors that mingle on the forceful finish. Drink now through 2016. 10,000 cases made. –HS

2006 $39.00
3 Robert Oatley
Robert Oatley
Mudgee Chardonnay Chardonnay
WS90
Vibrant and generous, delivering a lively mouthful of orange-accented apple, pear and floral aromas and flavors, nicely focused to breeze through the finish against mouthwatering acidity. Drink now through 2011. 7,500 cases made. –HS

2007 $16.99
4 Clarendon Hills
Clarendon Hills
Syrah Brookman Syrah
WA95
A black, sexy beast, the 2004 Syrah Brookman (aged in 50% new French oak) offers up amazingly full-bodied, intense, blackberry fruit intermixed with notions of roasted coffee, flowers, and creme de cassis. Full-bodied, rich, beautifully textured, opulent, and long, it should drink well for 10-15 years. It appears to be slightly more forward than it was last year.

2004 $99.99
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