Just tried my first bottle the weekend and enjoyed it very much. Anyone from Oz recommend a good vineyard or year?

 

POKOLBIN-BASED Brokenwood Wines Pty Ltd has won the trophy for the best red wine at the largest, most international and arguably the most respected wine competition in the world. The Brokenwood 1999 Rayner Vineyard Shiraz, made in the Hunter from grapes grown in South Australia's McLaren Vale ar
Newcastle Herald 05 Sep 2001

This is the second year in a row that an Australian Shiraz has won best red wine in the world at this competition

 

Jacob's Creek Shiraz is inexpensive and quite good.

 

Hard to go wrong with any Aussie red - they sure beat the pants off that sweet watery stuff that comes out of California

 

It pains me to have to disagree with you, Turkeymeister. Californian cabernets are among the best in the world. Maybe you are thinking of zinfandels!

mns2k, check the Wine Spectator article out. It sets out some of the Aussie shiraz that are available in the US market.

By and large, you won't go too far wrong with shiraz from Barossa, McLaren Vale, Coonawarra, Langhorne Creek etc in the 1996 and 1998 vintages

I have also attached a link to a site with vintage charts for regions in Australia.

http://www.winespectator.com/Wine/Spectato...2200shiraz.html

http://www.nicks.com.au/vintagecharts.html

 

Thanks to all for your input. Looking forward to another great weekend tasting fermented grape extract by the pool.

 

I would highly recommend Rosemont Estates Shiraz.

I purchase it by the case and use it as my 'everyday' red table wine. The wine is consistent year to year. I can buy it locally (NJ) for under $10.00/bottle.

Regards,
Michael

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Bernie
[B]It pains me to have to disagree with you, Turkeymeister.

 

I had Peter Lehman's Shiraz the other day and it was great. I found out it was voted one of the top 100 wines and for the price, it is a greta deal.

Kirk

 

Coming from California, I must admit that I really dislike Shiraz and Zinfandel type wines...then I went tasting in Hunter Valley and found myself loving those variatals that I thought I hated. Ok, the Aussies have great Zins and Shiraz ok?