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Australia, McLaren Vale: Clarendon Hills – New 2022 Releases

2022 marks an impressive suite of wines from a great year that will have a long future ahead of them, make no mistake....

Erin Larkin • 09 May 2024

syrah shiraz grenache

Australia, Barossa: Standish 2022 Collection

The 2022 season in the Barossa was a lovely one, and Dan Standish turned out some spectacular wines. I also tasted a few excellent older vintages....

Erin Larkin • 08 May 2024

australia Barossa shiraz

Australia, Victoria: Tahbilk’s Eric Stevens Purbrick – 26 Vintages of Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon

In an abbreviated version of the Tahbilk 75th Anniversary Tasting, I tasted 26 wines, from the 2004 vintage through to the current 2018....

Erin Larkin • 19 Apr 2023

australia shiraz cabernet sauvignon

Australia, New South Wales: Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier 2006 – 2021

The Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier is a very fine, almost lacy wine on release, and yet it comes with 20 or 30 (or more!) years of potential in the cellar....

Erin Larkin • 18 Nov 2022

syrah vertical shiraz

Reviewers’ Favorites 2022: Erin Larkin

Taking over reviewing Australian wines for Robert Parker Wine Advocate has come with monumental responsibility, but it has also brought exciting opportunity. So, here are some of my top picks...

Erin Larkin • 16 Nov 2022

shiraz value wines discovery

Australia, South Australia: The Pendulum Swings from Shiraz to Syrah

Although there is no ratified delineation between Shiraz and Syrah in Australia, there is, in fact, a growing stylistic divide between Shiraz and Syrah....

Erin Larkin • 15 Sep 2022

South Australia shiraz syrah

Australia, Barossa: New Releases from Standish and Henschke

This report looks at eight single-vineyard wines from two different producers in relatively close proximity to each other....

Erin Larkin • 11 May 2022

South Australia shiraz

Australia: Penfolds 2021 Releases

Most of the red releases are from 2019, a good solid vintage, and the Chardonnays have shown remarkable improvement over the past decade or so....

Joe Czerwinski • 22 Jul 2021

australia South Australia shiraz

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