ShirvingtonShirvington Shiraz

2002 Shirvington Shiraz

Shirvington

South Australia / Australia

Red

12x75cl	-	1 Immediate \| 0 Marketplace		£1,347.00
6x75cl	-	1 Immediate \| 0 Marketplace		£672.00

Darioush: From the historic Iranian winemaking city of Shiraz to California dreamin’

“Chose the cup bearer and the wine. Drink. Sing like the starling or the nightingale". (Rudaki, Persian poet, 858-941 AD) Owner Darioush Khaledi is an extraordinary figure in today’s world of wine. Born and raised in the historical wine producing city of Shiraz in Iran, winemaking was instilled in him by his father at an early age. The historic city ...

ON November 2, 2018

Bordeaux 2020: top-value buys

You don’t need us to tell you that the First Growths made good wine in 2020 – but there’s plenty of brilliant value to be found beyond the grandest names. Here we’ve picked 10 of the more modest wines from our tastings so far that are firmly on our wish-list 2020 Ch. Tour Saint-Christophe, Saint-Emilion There is lovely restraint to Tour Saint-Christophe this year, ...

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ON May 26, 2021

Uncovering Oakville’s hidden valley: Promontory

Ahead of the release of the latest vintage from Promontory, owner Will Harlan took us on a virtual tour of this remarkable property tucked out of sight in the Napa Valley As the drone camera takes us up over the trees, you can see how dense the forest is around Promontory’s vineyards in the western hills of Napa’s Oakville district. ...

BY Gavin Smith,

ON February 26, 2021

Burgundy 2019: top-value buys

Of all the 2019s we tasted, these are the ones that we think offer the best bang-for-buck this year – from Bourgogne Rouge to Grand Cru Chablis 2019 BOURGOGNE BLANC, DOMAINE DE MONTILLE The specific clones of Chardonnay used in De Montille’s Bourgogne Blanc make it particularly special. Most Bourgogne Blanc is made with higher-yielding clones which have a tendency ...

BY FINE+RARE,

ON November 20, 2020

RHONE VALLEY 2018 VINTAGE INSIGHT

The Rhone Valley has been enjoying a consecutive set of remarkable vintages since 2015. According to Michel Chapoutier, 2018 has continued in the same vein and he describes it as “a terrific year”. Indeed, the Rhone Valley followed a similar path to the rest of France in 2018. A very wet start to the year helped provide plenty of water ...

ON December 6, 2019