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We’re back, this time Georgia has no Friends. It’s got everything you want from a typical Georgia’s Paddock Shiraz. Powerful yet elegant, well rounded red and black fruits, brilliant spice with soft subtle tannins that extend through the whole palate. Very well balanced as usual. Cellar or drink now, your choice.

1-by-1 branded cork-taint-free cork sealed, 15.5% alcohol

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Georgia’s Paddock grapes once again supplemented with grapes grown by friends within the Heathcote region, this years wine follows on with a fresh indulgent approach to a wine worth savouring. Vibrant magenta colour with a rich dark berry nose. Fabulous hit of fresh red fruits, a spicy luscious mouth feel and great more-ish length. Cellar or drink now, your choice. 1-by-1 branded cork-taint-free cork sealed, 15.0% alcohol

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Extreme drought preceding the 2020 harvest resulted in a very small vintage of excellent Georgia’s Paddock fruit, which was complemented with the addition of some purchased Heathcote “friends” grapes to produce this blend. Lifted aromas and flavours of complex, mixed ripe red and black berries with typical spiciness. If you can call a 15% alcohol wine elegant, the resulting wine has the expected magenta colour, with the normal fabulous balance between high acidity and supple tannins. Not quite as massive as some previous vintages by deliberately picking slightly earlier, this is delicious now as an ideal match for red meat / duck dishes and also has medium term cellaring capability. 1-by-1 branded cork-taint-free cork sealed. 15.0% alcohol

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Very typical depth of bright crimson to the edge. Immediate, powerful nose of red and black berry fruits that follow through into the palate, with mixed spice highlights complemented by the usual ripe, sweet dark cherry and plum flavours and a cola / chinotto finish, so typical of Georgia’s Paddock Shiraz. Fabulous tannin / acid balance conferring longevity, but imminently approachable now, particularly with a rare steak. Alcohol 15.5%

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Vibrant magenta colour typifies this wine as a classic Georgia’s Paddock Shiraz from a great vintage. Always delicious and approachable upon release, backed up by great cellaring ability if you wish. Ripe red raspberry and blackberries, purple plums and very complex spiciness fills the big palate that follows through on to the characteristic, supple yet assertive tannic finish, balanced by impeccable, racy natural acidity. The 15.5% alc/vol. is so well balanced it doesn’t show!

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A fabulous, typical example from this single vineyard that from it’s pristine crimson colour and leading, full aroma, exhibits the characteristic flavours of dark berries, ripe red fruits and complex exotic spices that lead into a supple tannic palate beautifully balanced with abundant natural acid. Maybe a little more forward than the 2015 and 2016, it will still cellar for a long time if you wish. 15.0% alc/vol

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From a low yielding vintage, giving a weighty version of this wine with typical dark magenta colour and aromas of plum, ripe red berries and spice that follow through on to the full palate, finishing with a concentration of earthy, chalky tannins balanced with lots of natural acidity. Great longevity. 15.5% alc/vol

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – 8th August 2017
Medium deep crimson. Intense elderberry, blackberry aromas with praline, espresso notes and hints of roasted chestnuts. Well concentrated blackberry pastille, praline flavours, fine chocolaty tannins and underlying roasted chestnut, savoury oak complexity. Finishes chocolatey with attractive bitter mineral length. Elemental with some liquorice notes. 15.5% Alc 94 points – 2020-2035

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From another great vintage, with 12 months élevage in French oak barriques, of which 20% were new. Exhibiting the typical characters of mixed red berries with a general spiciness to the velvety, viscous, well balanced and rounded palate. Powerful wine, with fine, supple tannins and a fabulous length. Great longevity again, but regardless, this will immediately appear on wine lists matched to grilled red meats without any detriment. 15.0% alc/vol

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – 8th August 2017
Medium deep crimson. Fresh dark cherry, blackberry herb garden aniseed aromas with espresso notes. Inky textured wine with lovely ripe dark cherry, blackberry fruits, slinky fine chalky tannins, underlying savoury nuances and bitter chinotto-like finish. Elegantly styled wine with lovely aromatic complexity and vigour. 15% Alc. 95 points – 2022-2038

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Another classic, of deep crimson colour, intense aromas of red berries and mixed spices that follow through on to the palate, balanced with powerful but already supple tannins and fabulous natural acidity. Delicious – drink any time from now over the next twenty years. 15.0% alc/vol

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – 8th August 2017
Medium deep crimson. Minerally almost saline, blackcurrant, roasted walnut, aromas with some liquorice notes. Generously proportioned palate with supple blackcurrant, cola, dark chocolate, roasted walnut flavours, fine looseknit al dente tannins. Finishes chalky, touch sappy firm with plenty of inky length. 15% Alc 17.5 91 points – 2019 – 2035

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Bright purple in colour to the rim, with its typical flavours of rich mixed spices and sweet, ripe red plummy fruits. Plush, chocolatey mocha characters and fabulous natural acidity paired to powerful, supple tannins confers great longevity, but why wait? 14.5% alc/vol

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – 8th August 2017
Medium deep crimson. Intense espresso, “morocachino” blackberry aromas with graphite notes. Fresh developed mocha berry fruits with muscular firm vigorous tannins and underlying savoury nuances. Finishes grippy and long with plenty of extract and tannin plume. Assertive punchy wine. Unlikely to soften out but still possesses presence and dimension. 14.5% Alc 17 – 91 points – 2019-2035

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As usual, the vivid magenta colour indicates the power to come on the palate with mixed spices, herbs and lots of ripe red berries. Very typical. Great acid/tannin balance and mouth-filling viscosity. Delicious now and can also be cellared long term if desired. 13.5% alc/vol

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – 8th August 2017
Medium deep colour. Well developed wine with fresh coffee, roasted nuts, red cherry, blackberry fruits and peppery nuances. A cooler spectrum of flavours with red cherry, red currant fruits, a touch of chinotto/ white pepper and fine supple yet gritty tannins. Finishes minerally and long. Medium weighted wine with moderate cellaring potential. 13.5% Alc 88 points – Now-2026

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Fabulous magenta colour intensity and matching depth of flavour with Georgia’s typical plum, red berries and mixed spice notes in harmony with rich tannins and balanced natural acidity. Another classic to drink or keep. 14.0% alc/vol

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – 17th August 2012
Medium deep purple crimson colour. Intense dark cherry, ginger, herb garden aromas. Beautifully balanced and evocative wine with dark cherry, mulberry, herb flavours, fine loose knit pronounced but chalky tannins and underlying savoury oak. Finishes firm and long. Still unformed but all the elements are in harmony. 2016-2026 95 points

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – 8th August 2017
Medium deep colour. Fresh dark berry liquorice aromas with dark chocolate/ mocha notes. Developed rich dark berry mocha espresso roasted chestnut flavours and plentiful chocolaty ripe tannins. Lovely mid palate richness and buoyancy. Finishes with a long chocolatey firm tannin plume. Classic Georgia’s Paddock Shiraz with expressive fruit, generosity and volume. 14% Alc 18.5 95 points – Now – 2035

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Beautiful deep crimson colour with trademark flavours of concentrated red fruits and mixed spices with a voluptuous mouth-coating texture. High natural acidity balances abundant tannins. A classic, with perfect balance that can be drunk from now over the next two decades, with complete confidence. 14.0% alc/vol

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – 17th August 2012
Medium deep purple crimson. Intense dark cherry, mocha aromas with a touch of herb, star anise and vanilla. Lovely concentrated wine with dark cherry, dull plum, sage flavours, bitter chocolatey fine tannins and plenty of ginger oak. Still very youthful with superb mid-palate richness and volume. Will need time to settle in. 2016-2028. 94 points

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – 8th August 2017
Medium deep colour. Roasted coffee, dark berry, sous bois aromas with, saline liquorice notes. Rich and voluminous with plentiful dark chocolate, espresso, chinotto flavours, leafy nuances, fresh chocolatey slightly grippy tannins and mocha oak complexity. Finishes chocolatey and minerally long. Could benefit from further aging. 14% Alc 92 points Now-2038

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A classic with deep red colour to the meniscus. Chocolate, mocha, sweet red berries and spice aromas follow on to the palate. Fabulous balance of flavour intensity, natural acidity and supple, weighty tannins. High cellaring potential. 15.0% alc/vol.

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – 17th August 2012
Medium deep purple crimson. Fresh red cherry, roasted walnut, smoky aromas. Well concentrated sweet-fruited wine with red cherry, smoky, vanilla, graphite flavours and gritty, slightly leafy tannins. Finishes muscular and long. Still in it’s elemental phase. 2018 – 2025 91 points

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – 8th August 2017
Medium deep colour. Fragrant dark berry, dried roses/ pot pourri, praline, roasted chestnut notes and gun flint bang. Complex and expressive wine with plentiful dark berry, dark chocolate, flinty/ earthy, dried herb flavours, fine sinuous but chalky tannins and fresh vanilla oak notes. Finishes bitter firm with flinty mineral length. Idiosyncratic wine with strong voice of place. 15% Alc 94 points Now- 2038

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The deep red coloured rim of the meniscus typifies its power. Lifted nose of liquorice and mint amongst a barrage of ripe red fruits. Big, drying tannic finish balanced against abundant natural acidity. A beauty, with great longevity. 15.0 percent alcohol/volume.

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – 17th August 2012
Medium deep purple crimson. Deep colour. Crushed ant, aniseed, dark berry aromas with herb, leafy notes. Rich voluminous wine with dark berry, espresso. chinotto flavours, chocolaty dry tannins and underlying savoury nuances. Finishes leafy firm, but with plenty of flavour length. Has power and vinosity but still in parts. 2016 – 2025 – 88 points

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – 8th August 2017
Medium deep colour. Dark cherry, blackberry, mocha aromas with graphite notes. Well concentrated, bouyant. and generous wine with lovely dark berry mocha flavours, some pastille notes and fine persistent chalky brambly tannins. Finishes firm with lovely bitter chinotto graphite notes. A lovely balance between fruit, volume and structure. Vigorous yet sweet fruited and complex. 15% Alc 95 points – Now – 2035

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Typical deep magenta colour as an indicator of its power on the palate. Sweet red berries and ripe red fruit aromas follow through in the mouth with a beautiful balance of silky, supple tannins and great natural acidity. Will live for a long time, but as usual, highly drinkable now. 15 percent alcohol/volume.

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – 17th August 2012
Medium deep purple crimson. Lovely perfumed dark cherry, mocha, herb garden aromas with underlying savoury, roasted chestnut notes. Superbly concentrated and well balanced wine with deep set dark cherry, blackberry, dark chocolate flavours, plentiful savoury, touch bitter sweet tannins and underlying roasted chestnut ginger nuances. Finishes firm but long and fruit sweet. A classic Georgia’s Paddock. Can easily drink now – but the best is yet to come. Leave for a few years. 2015 – 2030 – 96 points

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – 8th August 2017
Medium deep colour. Fragrant and expressive wine with dark cherry, chinotto, inky aromas with hints of mocha. Beautifully balanced wine with superb inky complexity, fresh vibrant dense dark cherry blackberry fruits, integrated fine slinky tannins and underlying mocha oak complexity. Finishes firm with persistent fruit, fresh aniseed kick (alcohol) and mineral length. A genuinely great wine in perfect symmetry. 15% Alc 98 points – Now – 2040

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A vintage showing better growing conditions than the last few drought affected ones. Not as massive as say the ’03, yet with all the great balance and finesse that Georgia’s is known for, including the sweet, spicy fruit flavours and viscous palate. Beautiful magenta tone. Will cellar for ten years, maybe more, but you can drink from now onwards. 13.5 percent alcohol/volume.

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – August 2007
Medium deep colour. Aniseed/ raspberry aromas with some savoury notes. Well balanced with with sweet raspberry/ aniseed flavours, minerally acidity and fine loose knit tannins. Finishes minerally and long. More elegantly structured than previous vintages. 91 points

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – 17th August 2012
Medium deep colour. Fresh red currant, liquorice, praline aromas. Supple and richly flavoured with redcurrant, mocha liquorice characters, plentiful graphite tannins and underlying spice, savoury nuances. Finishes chalky firm and long. Still needs more time to meld. 2015 – 2025 – 92 points

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – 8th August 2017
Medium deep crimson. Developed red cherry, redcurrant aroma with leafy, sous bois tobacco notes. Fully mature wine with red cherry, redcurrant, tobacco, mocha flavours, fine looseknit slinky tannins and fresh long but integrated acidity. Finishes leafy firm with bitter notes. Medium weighted wine with moderate cellaring potential. 13.5% Alc 88 points – Now – 2025

Time of release
Deep magenta as usual, with string aromas of warm sweet red berries and a spiciness and earthiness that is typical “Georgia’s”. Fabulous viscosity in the mouth with a fantastic crisp natural acid finish and smooth, textured, powerful almost chalky tannic grip. Great longevity, but still very drinkable now; another hallmark of Georgia’s Paddock Shiraz.

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – August 2007
Deep colour. Intense aniseed/ dark cherry/ aniseed aromas. Classical wine with dark cherry/ aniseed flavours, fine chalky/ slinky tannins and underlying savoury malt oak. Finishes very firm and tight but excellent fruit length and power. Still very elemental but plenty of energy and life for long term ageing. 2012-2030. 93 points.

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – 17th August 2012
Medium deep colour. Fresh intense black cherry, pepper, aniseed, espresso aromas. Rich generously proportioned with deep set black cherry, musky plum, liquorice, pepper flavours, plentiful chocolaty, graphite tannins and ginger vanilla notes. Finishes grippy firm but long and flavourful. Bloody nice wine. Keep for a while. 2015 – 2030 – 95 points

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – 8th August 2017
Medium deep crimson. Fragrant wine with lifted red currant, mocha aromas and sage/ bay leaf/mint notes. Generous sweet inky red currant, dark cherry flavours, with bay leaf notes and mocha oak complexity, chocolaty textures and fresh long mineral acidity. Well concentrated and fruit sweet wine with attractive density and structure. 15% Alc 94+ points – Now – 2030

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The drought wines had all potential to be overblown, over-tannic, over ripe monsters. Considering the extreme conditions, the wine is very well balanced, highlighting again that this is a great site. A typical yummy, sweet red berries and spices Georgia’s; bigger in mouthfeel than the ’01 or ’02. The volume is down substantially. Drink now to 20 years, maybe more. 15 percent alcohol/volume.

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – August 2007
Deep colour. Intense dark cherry/ chocolate/ graphite aromas. Immensely concentrated almond soupy wine with deep set dark cherry/ aniseed flavours, savoury oak and briary dry tannins. Plenty of flavour length and fruit sweetness. A wine with tremendous fruit volume and weight. Needs time to unpack. 2012-2028. 90+ points

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – 17th August 2012
Medium deep crimson. Intense dark berry, espresso, herb garden aromas. Palate is bouyant and fresh with plenty of sweet fruit, savoury loose knit but plentiful tannins, and prominent malty vanilla notes. Finishes chocolaty, malty and long. Nice to drink now but also give some time. Quite fractured, 2014 – 2025 – 91 points

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – 8th August 2017
Medium deep colour. Developed tobacco redcurrant carob aromas with earthy nuances. Complex wine with redcurrant earthy, soy, tobacco flavours, fine looseknit gritty tannins and pronounced acidity. Some silage-like notes. 15% Alc 87 points Now – 2025

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Brilliant, dense crimson with a little more oak evidence (the volume was down so the newer oak percentage increased slightly). Heaps of the signature red berries and spices and lots of weighty yet supple tannins as normal. Very well balanced, considering the dry growing conditions 14.5% alcohol.

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – August 2007
Medium deep colour. Rich mocha/ pane forte aromas with some musky/ Turkish delight notes. Hint of herb garden. Dense chocolate wine with plenty of mocha/ pane forte/ musky flavours, malty oak and fine slinky dry tannins. Finishes long and sweet. Top notch vintage but needs time to evolve. 2010-2030. 98 points

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – 17th August 2012
Medium deep colour. Intense dried cherry, paneforte, vanilla aromas. Richly flavoured and supple with deep set dark cherry, espresso, paneforte flavours, plentiful graphite tannins and underlying savoury oak. Finishes chalky firm and minerally. Still looking very youthful, but a classic vintage. Needs a few more years to reach it drinking window. 2014 – 2035 – 97 points

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – 8th August 2017
Medium deep colour. Intense dark chocolate, blackberry aromas with roasted chestnut wood varnish notes. Inky textured wine with supple dark cherry, blackberry fruits, chestnut oak, lovely roasted coffee notes and velvety yet vigorous tannin. Perfectly developed and balanced wine with superb richness, volume and length. Finishes chocolaty with a graphite tannin plume. 14.5% Alc 97 points Now – 2035

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The 2001 vintage was again very good in Heathcote, producing another typical example of this wine ie sweet red berries and spices on the nose and palate with an almost thick, tongue coating viscosity and lovely rounded tannins. As usual, approachable from now on, particularly if decanted, but long cellaring will reward. 14.5% alc/vol.

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – August 2007
Medium deep colour. Intense liquorice/ black cherry aromas with some mint nuances. Black cherry/ licquorice flavours with some brambly notes, firm dry sappy assertive tannins, but nice core of fruit sweetness. Alcoholic/ tannin kick at the finish. 2010-2025. 85 points

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – 17th August 2012
Medium deep crimson. Fragrant redcurrant, sage, herb garden aromas. Well concentrated red currant, sage, leafy flavours and plentiful gritty tannins. Finishes very firm and dry. Quite muscular and impenetrable. 2014 – 2030 – 86 points.

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – 8th August 2017
Medium deep crimson. Lifted roasted coffee, red cherry, sage/ mint aromas. Well balanced wine with inky red cherry flavours, fine looseknit graphite tannins, underlying savoury oak and linear acidity. Finishes long and sweet. Bouyant and fresh. 14.5% Alc 90 points Now – 2030

Time of release
Delightful expression of fruit as red and dark berries mixed with rich spices and chocolate ie a typical Georgia’s, showing its usual depth of colour and vibrant aromas. Fine supple tannins, counterbalanced by great natural acidity. Very voluptuous and viscous. Drink from now or cellar for many years, maybe twenty, probably peaking around fifteen. 15.0% alc/vol

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – August 2007
Deep colour. Rhubarb/ red cherry/ touch pastry aromas. Well concentrated minerally wine with rhubarb/ red cherry flavours and loose knit grippy tannins. Finishes long and sweet, but early drinking vintage. Now-2012

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – 17th August 2012
Medium deep crimson. Complex and evolved wine with redcurrant, tobacco, mocha, apricot aromas and underlying sage notes. Concentrated, rich and voluminous with redcurrant, mocha, tobacco, roasted chestnut flavours, and supple looseknit sweet tannins. Builds up chocolaty and minerally at the finish. Drinking well. At optimum now. Now – 2020 91 points

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – 8th August 2017
Medium deep colour. Fresh cranberry, red currant fruits with tobacco, mocha nuances. Generous and supple with fresh cranberry, plum, redcurrant fruits, mocha ok complexity. espresso tobacco notes and fine long slinky textures. An atypical vintage with lovely complexity, viscosity and richness. 15% Alc 93 points Now – 2028

Time of release
A classic “Georgia’s” in every respect, from its depth of vibrant colour, through its typical sweet red berry/tar/mocha aromas, to its complex palate and powerful yet supple tannins. Great balance and drinkability, although very suitable for cellaring around 15 years. 15.5% alcohol.

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – August 2007
Deep colour. Mint chocolate/ brambly aromas with touches of aniseed. Well concentrated wine with mint chocolate flavours and peppery alcohol, fine bristling dry tannins. Finishes firm and chocolaty. Still quite elemental. Needs more time. 2010-2025. 88 points.

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – 17th August 2012
Medium deep colour. Intense dark berry, paneforte, herb garden aromas. Sweet paneforte, roasted chestnut flavours, plentiful graphite tannins and underlying malty nuances. Finishes chocolaty firm, sweet fruited and long. Delicious complexity, vinosity and richness. Now – 2030 – 96 points

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – 8th August 2017
Medium deep crimson. Fresh dark chocolate, mocha, dark cherry aromas with hints of polished leather and spice. Generous wine with deep set dark chocolate, mocha dark cherry flavours, plenty of mid palate richness, fine sinewy slightly leafy textures and integrated acidity. Finishes long and sweet. Very attractive wine with complexity and voice of place. 15.5% Alc 94 points Now- 2030

Time of release
Deep vibrant red-purple colour. Delicious aromas of sweet red berries, chocolate, mocha and mixed spices carry through on to the palate which is counterbalanced with great acidity and powerful, supple tannins. The high alcohol is entirely integrated in the power of this very balanced wine. Drink now or keep up to twenty years. 15.5% alcohol.

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – August 2007
Medium deep colour. Red plum/ red cherry/ violet aromas with some underlying savoury oak notes. Deep set red cherry/ plum/ musky fruit flavours, firm slinky dry tannins and underlying malty oak. Finishes long and sweet with some graphite/ cedar notes. Lovely concentration and richness but alcoholic kick. Fruit driven wine. Now-2015. 90 points.

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – 17th August 2012
Medium deep colour. Intense ripe roasted chestnut, paneforte, mocha, malty, touch rum aromas and flavours. Plush and velvety with plenty of ripe developed paneforte flavours, plentiful tannins and malty nuances. Finishes chocolaty and fruit sweet. Now – 2030 – 93 points

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – 8th August 2017
Medium deep colour, Inky chinotto red cherry aromas with polish shellac, slightly tawny-like notes. Complex and fully mature with red cherry cola earthy, roasted walnut, flavours, superb supple plentiful fine boney tannins and underlying silky richness. Finishes firm with plenty of sweet fruit notes. Ready to drink but should hold for a while. 15.5% Alc 96 points Now-2028

Time of release
Familiar deep magenta colour; sweet, briary, red berries and spice to the nose and palate. Easily recognised as another great “Georgia’s”. Very drinkable now, plus excellent cellaring prospects. 15.5% alcohol.

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – August 2007
Medium colour. Roasted coffee/ chocolate. Sweet concentrated wine with roasted coffee/ herb garden/ meaty flavours and peppery alcohol notes, fine dense chalky firm tannins. Finishes minerally and long. This has always been a lovely wine. A great vintage for Jasper Hill (I scored it 100 points in another tasting a while back but this time 1997 Emily’s eclipses this). Now-2015. 96 points.

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – 17th August 2012
Medium deep colour. Developed recurrant, walnutty, iodine, salty liquorice aromas and flavours, supple looseknit tannins and plenty of savoury notes. Finishes chalky, al-dente firm with good flavour length and some mineral notes. Some tertiary tobacco, earthy notes pervading through. Possible a touch stale. Now – 2022 – 92 points

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – 8th August 2017
Medium deep crimson. Intense fully mature dark chocolate, roasted chestnut, roasted walnut sous bois aromas. Generous and bouyant with rich smooth dark chocolate mocha leafy flavours, and plentiful velvetine tannins. Finishes chocolaty firm with lovely persistence of fruit. A very expressive wine with vigour and suppleness. A lovely vintage. 15.5% Alc 96 points Now -2030

Time of release
Deep, dark crimson as usual, this classic Georgia’s Shiraz shows all the hallmark’s of another great vintage. Complex raspberry/spice/liquorice aromas dominate the palate. Beautiful fruit definition. A big, viscous wine with noble tannins. 14.5% alcohol.

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – August 2007
Medium deep colour. Intense fresh redcurrent/ chocolate/ mocha aromas with some floral notes. Well concentrated redcurrent/ plum/ herb garden flavours, dense chalky firm tannins and underlying savoury oak. A chalky dry tannin slick at the finish. Lovely flavour length. 2010-2025. 93 points.

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – 17th August 2012
Medium deep colour. Intense dark chocolate, violet, praline aromas with some mushroom, truffle notes. Palate is bouyant and fresh with dark chocolate, praline, pepper flavours, plentiful slinky tannins and savoury notes. Finishes chalky firm and savoury. Almost claret like firmness. Will last another few decades at least. Now – 2035 – 95 points

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – 8th August 2017
Medium deep colour. Intense walnut, iodine, dark chocolate, blackberry aromas with graphite notes. Intense roasted chestnut, dark chocolate, blackberry fruits with earthy complexity, fine looseknit grainy slightly al dente tannins. Finishes graphite firm with cedary leafy notes. Finishes firm and tight. Quite muscular in style. 14.5% Alc 91 points Now – 2028

Time of release
Again, the descriptors of ripe red berries and complex spices are applicable. More tannic than the last few vintages but not overtly so. Viscous crimson in the glass. I rate this vintage as one of the best, with finer qualities than the excellent 1983 drought wine. 14.5% alcohol.

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – August 2007
Medium deep colour. Intense dark/ plum/ choco-berry aromas with some graphite/ cedar notes. Sweet concentrated wine with dark plum/ chocolaty flavours, dense al dente tannins, underlying malt notes. Finishes chocolaty and long with some black peppy notes. 2010-2025. 95 points.

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – 17th August 2012
Medium deep colour. Fresh and complex wine with lovely truffle, paneforte, redcurrant aromas and flavours, fine sweet plentiful tannins and mocha nuances. Finishes chocolaty and long. Has a lovely lasting tannin swagger and vinosity. Now – 2030 – 95 points

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – 8th August 2017
Medium deep colour. Salted liquorice, waxy, polish, dark cherry aromas with earthy nuances. Complex and supple with roasted coffee. Waxy, earthy flavours, some remnants of dark cherry fruits, fine supple lacy tannins and underlying savoury. Cedar notes. Finishes firm and tight with mineral length. Still drinking fine but builds up leafy firm. 14.5% Alc 92 points – Now – 2035

Time of release
Typical spicy and sweet red berried bouquet; great colour density of crimson red to rim. Mouthfilling palate with matching levels of acidity, extract and viscosity. Noble tannins lend great cellar potential (say 10 years or more) and like all its predecessors, the wine is quite drinkable now. Alcohol 14%

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – August 2007
Medium deep colour. Very aromatic raspberry/ blueberry aromas. Palate is fresh and lively with raspberry/ blueberry/ liquorice flavours, fine grainy tannins and fresh minerally acidity. A fruit driven wine which finishes dry and chalky firm but plenty of fruit volume. Now-2018. 93 points.

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – 17th August 2012
Medium deep colour. Developed espresso, dark berry aromas with touch of paneforte. Rich voluminous wine with gorgeous fruit complexity and satin tannin structure. Finishes chalky al-dente firm with some herb garden notes. A cracker! Now -2025 98 points

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – 8th August 2017
Medium deep colour. Very complex and beautiful wine with fresh sous bois, mahogany, waxy leather aromas with underling dried roses and herbs. Lovely inky wine with developed fully mature earthy sweet fruit, dried roses, herb garden flavours, slinky looseknit tannins, mid palate viscosity and underlying waxy, shellac/ polish notes. Finishes grainy firm with lovely length. Multidimensional and tactile. A wonderfully evocative wine. Will probably hold but it will never get better. Drink soon. 14% Alc 97 points Now – 2025

Time of release
Another classic example of Georgia’s, from a great year in this district, still grown totally under organic conditions (no artificial chemicals). Typical deep crimson colour. Sweet ripe red berries over an underlying complex spiciness. Lots of extract and viscosity. Plenty of tannin, but still quite accessible now, which is a characteristic of Georgia’s. 14% alcohol. Cellar potential 10 years at least, but delicious now.

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – August 2007
Deep colour. Fresh dark chocolate/ menthol aromas with some graphite notes. Fresh, sweet concentrated dark chocolate/ menthol flavours with dry dense lacy tannins and underlying savoury characters. Finishes long and peppery with plenty of dry tannins. A lovely wine from a difficult vintage. Now-2015. 91 points.

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – 17th August 2012
Medium deep crimson. Developed redcurrant, sage, walnut aromas and flavours with some cracked pepper notes. Developed but linear palate with redcurrant, walnut, eucalypt, mint flavours and hard sinewy tannins. Finishes leafy earthy and tight. Will last but won’t improve. Now -2020 – 86 points

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – 8th August 2017
Medium deep colour. Intense liquorice, earthy aroma with some blackberry leafy menthol notes. Supple and inky textured with fresh earthy, blackberry, leathery flavours, fine grainy tannins and underlying graphite tobacco pond water notes. Finishes firm and tight. Still has sweetness of fruit. 14% Alc 90 points Now – 2025

Time of release
Another great vintage! It sounds monotonous, but this wine again exhibits the typical depth of colour and power that has become a hallmark of Georgia’s Paddock Shiraz. Dense crimson, with full ripe red berries (cassis) and spices, high natural acidity and balanced noble tannic structure. Drink from now until 2005.

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – August 2007
Medium deep colour. Intense earthy/ plum/ dark chocolate aromas. Well concentrated minerally wine with earthy/ dark chocolate/ brambly flavours, touch of pane forte, fine slinky loose knit tannins. Finishes dry and firm, long and sweet. Cool-mild growing season. Now-2014. 89 points.

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – 17th August 2012
Medium deep colour. Intense red currant, leafy aromas with some mushroom, earthy notes. Well concentrated developed earthy, redcurrant flavours and fine sinewy, muscular dry tannins Finishes with a walnutty firm tannin slick. Cool-mild growing season. Now – 2020 – 88 points

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – 8th August 2017
Medium deep crimson. Expressive Red currant mocha aromas with waxy lanolin mocha coal dust notes. Generously proportioned wine with lovely developed redcurrant, mocha flavours, fine looseknit graphite tannins and underlying roasted walnut notes. Finishes chalky/ leafy firm with an inky plume. Very attractive wine. 14.5% Alc 95 points Now – 2025

Time of release
In every sense a classic Georgia’s, from its obvious colour depth through to its lingering full finish. Deep crimson red, with rich ripe aromas of red berries and blackcurrant with eucalyptus/minty hints. Full palate with peppery spiciness balancing the natural acidity with noble tannins. Drink during the next decade, maybe more.

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – August 2007
Medium deep colour. Fresh complex wet bitumen/ mint/ meaty aromas – herb garden notes. Sweet concentrated meaty wine with wet bitumen/ mint/ plum flavours, pronounced firm sappy tannins, finishing dry and sinewy. Mild -hot growing season. Best now. Will hold rather than improve. Now. 85 points.

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – 17th August 2012
Medium deep colour. Intense dark berry, dark chocolate, herb aromas with touch of paneforte. Deliciously complex and bouyant wine with deep set dark berry, praline, chestnut, graphite flavours and velvety, gritty tannins, Finishes firm but long and flavourful. Superb fruit complexity. Mild-hot growing season. Now -2025 95 points

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – 8th August 2017
Medium deep crimson. Developed leather, spice, espresso aromas with herb garden, tobacco notes. Still fresh and sweet fruited with developed roasted coffee. Roasted walnut flavours and fine plentiful looseknit velvety tannins. Finishes graphite firm. Still in very good order but drink soon. 14% Alc 94 points – Now – 2025

Time of release
A true “Georgia’s” of the past, from a perfect vintage. Deep crimson red, with intense aromas of ripe berry fruits and peppery spices, that follow through on to the palate with richness and length, balanced with high natural acidity and noble tannins. Excellent cellaring potential but highly drinkable now with red meats.

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – August 2007
Medium deep crimson. Cherry stone/ spicy aromas with some herb garden/ chocolaty notes. Well concentrated wine with cherry stone/ dark chocolate/ spicy flavours, chalky dense tannins, finishing minty dry and a touch fiery. Now-2012. 84 points.

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – 17th August 2012
Deep medium colour. Fragrant earthy, roasted walnut, redcurrant aromas with chocolate, vanilla notes. Fully developed with roasted walnut, earthy, cranberry flavours, and fine loose knit slinky tannins. Builds up chalky firm and hot at the finish. Best to drink soon. Now 93 points

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – 8th August 2017
Medium deep crimson. Fresh and complex with mocha roasted walnut, dark berry aromas with hints of graphite. Well concentrated wine with mocha berry flavours and underlying roasted walnut notes, slinky dry tannins, attractive mid palate viscosity and mineral length.

Some leafy bitter notes at the finish. Drink soon. 13.5% Alc 93 points Now – 2025

Time of release
Many have been eagerly awaiting the return of this wine after a two year absence. I know you will not be disappointed. Mid-vintage rains have slightly decreased the colour and body of this wine compared to some previous vintages, but it remains a typical “Georgia’s”. Bright crimson red in colour; intense bouquet of spices and ripe berries, integrated with the sweet creamy vanilla of American oak; mouth-filling flavour of spices with great complexity, followed by a long finish with good acid balance. Softer than the ’85 and ’86, it is more comparable to the ’84 (which is now drinking magnificently). Cellar potential 5-8 years but supple and delicious now!

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – August 2007
Medium-light crimson. Cherrystone/ leather aromas with some floral notes. Sweet and soup palate, with sinewy dry tannins, and marked acidity. Fruit is dropping out. Underpowered wine. Hot summer but mid vintage rains. Drink up – Now. 75 points.

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – 17th August 2012
Deep medium colour. Developed earthy, mocha aromas with some red cherry, sage notes. Fresh medium concentrated wine with earthy, red cherry flavours and fine slinky dry tannins. Acidity blows out at the finish. Fruit is fading. Drink now. Hot summer but mid-vintage rains. Now – 83 points

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – 8th August 2017
Medium crimson, Evolved wine with red currant walnut aromas with inky complexity. Medium weighted wine with redcurrant light tobacco flavours, fine chalky al dente textures and persistent long acidity. The fruit and structure are no longer in balance but the wine is still holding up. Starting to enter curio territory. 13% Alc 86 points – Now

Time of release
As the name implies, a blend from Georgia’s Paddock fruit and vigneron friends’ fruit. After the restoration of bushfire ravaged Georgia’s Paddock, the vines produced some fruit in the 1988 vintage. Even though about twenty percent of the vines were killed and the balance traumatised, the Georgia’s Paddock crop was superb in quality but insufficient in volume. It was supplemented with a thirty percent addition of Central Victorian Shiraz fruit from Graeme Leith and Sue Mackinnon (Passing Clouds, Kingower) and Paul Osicka (Osicka’s Vineyards, Graytown) to produce “Georgia & Friends Shiraz” A successful follow-on to the 1987 “Friends Shiraz,” this intense wine shows great depth of complex berry-like flavours and matching up-lifted aromas, with balancing acid and soft American oak tannins. Whilst delicious now, it will amply repay a few years’ bottle maturation. It has sufficient flavour to complement any full-flavoured dish.

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – August 2007
Medium deep colour. Fresh mint/ plum/ wet stone aromas. The palate is well concentrated with mint. dark cherry/ leather flavours and sinewy dry but long tannins. Builds up chalky dry. Quite muscular with acid poking out. Will hold but won’t get better. Drink up – Now. 79 points.

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – 17th August 2012
Deep medium colour. Fresh complex dark berry, mushroom, praline aromas and flavours. Sweet dark berry, praline, mushroom fruit, lovely mid palate buoyancy and leafy dry tannin. Finishes leafy firm but long and flavourful. Still has energy and freshness, vinosity! Obviously a better bottle than in 2007! Now – 91 points

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – 8th August 2017
Medium deep crimson. Soupy developed mocha, dark fruits with roasted espresso notes. Very well balanced wine with deep set dark berry mocha flavours, chocolaty dense tannins and underlying spicy notes. Finishes chocolaty firm, long and sweet. Impressive youthful swagger beneath its aging frame. 13% Alc 93 points Now – 2025

Time of release
Immediately after the fire, many friends offered us small parcels of their premium Shiraz grapes from diverse regions across the central belt of Victoria. These grapes, in roughly equal proportional, were separately vintaged by us at Jasper Hill then blended after twelve months of new American oak maturation to produce a single individual wine. An unrepeatable blend that we are very proud to present, with the appellation “Friends Shiraz” and a red label. The wines show great depth of complex berry fruit aroma, deep magenta colour coupled with balanced acid and soft tannins. Delicious and quite approachable now, although cellaring for a few years is possible. Not Georgia’s Paddock, but a definite Jasper Hill stamp. Our friends (East to West) Peter Tisdall: Tisdall, Mount Helen Shelmerdine Family: Laradoc Vineyards, Mitchellstown Paul Osicka: Osicka’s Vineyards, Graytown Knight Family / Albino Zuber: Zuber Estate, Heathcote Graeme Leith and Sue Mackinnon: Passing Clouds, Kingower Willesdorf Family / Viv Beaumont: Carisbrook The team of Seppelts: Great Western

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – August 2007
Medium colour. Roasted coffee/ cedar/ spice aromas – some dark cherry/ mint notes. Sweetly concentrated wine with raspberry/ coffee/ leather flavours, dry chalky tannins which build up sappy dry – touch choc-minty at the finish. Bushfire went through Georgia’s Paddock on the 16th January resulting in a Friends blend. Introduction of red label. Still fresh with quite strong underlying acidity. Cool late season. Now-2012. 83 points.

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – 17th August 2012
Deep medium colour. Fresh complex redcurrant, truffle aromas with mocha, tobacco, mint notes. Sweet bouyant redcurrant, mocha, truffle flavours and fine graphite tannins. Touch of salted liquorice, iodine at the finish. Bushfire went through Georgia’s Paddock on 16th January resulting in a Friends blend using fruit from Osicka’s, Passing Clouds etc. Introduction of red label. Cool late season. Now – 90 points

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – 8th August 2017
Medium deep crimson. Developed milk chocolate, carob, earthy leather aromas with remnants of red cherries. Sweet fruited and soupy with developed chocolaty earth leathery flavours and fine slinky tannins. Finishes long and sweet. 12% Alc 87 points Now

Time of release
Great depth of colour, beautiful crimson hue. Intense berry fruit nose and flavour. Smooth tannins, heaps of natural acidity and long finish. Can be drunk now to accompany a full flavoured dish, but please keep some back for a few years. More like the ’84 in weight.

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – August 2007
Medium deep colour. Lovely intense hazelnut/ plummy/ dark aromas. Richly concentrated wine with plummy/ dark chocolate/ graphite flavours, and dense ripe loose knit tannins. Finishes minerally and dry but excellent fruit sweet length. A dry cool extended summer. A classic vintage. Now-2016. 94 points.

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – 17th August 2012
Medium deep colour. Earthy, mushroom, praline aromas and flavours. Well concentrated earthy mushroom praline flavours and soupy dry firm tannins. Finishes chalky and savoury. Vintage is highly variable because of cork closures, bottles. When good can be very good. The best example in this tasting was a touch flat. Now – past – 87 points

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – 8th August 2017
Medium deep colour, Over-developed slightly stale wine with inky carob, spicy aromas with amontillado notes. Earthy carob flavours, fine hard tannins and pronounced acidity. Some vellum notes. Well past its best, but better bottles may exist! 12% Alc 82 points – Now

Time of release
Deep red-blue colour, intense at rim, for which this wine is recognised. Powerful, developed fruity aroma with cinnamon overtones to some. Elegant fruit flavour with soft tannins, maybe slightly firmer than the ’84. High natural acidity. Long finish. Highly drinkable now, but better next year and beyond.

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – August 2007
Medium deep crimson. Intense red cherry/ graphite aromas with some cedar/ camomile notes. Well balanced wine with lovely fruit volume and freshness. Sweet cherry/ plum/ cedar flavours and ripe loose knit/ lacy tannins. Finishes long and sweet but chalky dry. Mild growing vintage. Now-2014. 93 points.

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – 17th August 2012
Medium deep colour. Fully mature earthy, mushroom, paneforte, Tobacco aromas with some remnants of red berry, herb notes. Really complex dark chocolate black truffle flavours and fine chalky, graphite tannins. Muscular firm at the finish but fresh and minerally. Really good. Now – 94 points

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – 8th August 2017
Medium deep colour. Fresh earthy spicy aromas with waxy leather notes. Well concentrated earthy, spicy, dark chocolate flavours, fine plentiful chocolaty/graphite tannins and integrated fresh acid line. Finishes cedary firm and long. A good bottle. Drink now. 12% Alc 92 points Now

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – August 2007
Medium crimson. Complex roasted/ dark cherry/ chocolate aromas with some floral/ sandalwood notes. Roasted nut/ dark chocolate flavours, dry loose knit chalky tannins, finishes minerally and a touch underpowered. Still holding up but drink soon. A coolish wet year. Now. 85 points.

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – 17th August 2012
Medium colour. Tobacco leaf, bitumen, sour cherry aromas and flavours. Quite lean and acidic on the palate. Fruit is fading fast. Tannins are pronounced and gritty. Some amontillado, sherry notes at the finish. A coolish wet year. Now – Past – 78 points

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – 8th August 2017
Medium deep colour. Very expressive tertiary-aged wine with lovely waxy, polished dried fig, herb, beef-stock aromas with roasted walnut, vellum notes. Generous and slinky with dried fig, apricot, leathery flavours, fine slinky dry graphite textures, a spike of acidity and lovey supple richness. A very big surprise considering the reputation of the vintage and age of vines. Absolutely points to the significance of this vineyard site. But drink soon. 12%? Alc 93 points – Now

Time of release
Once again, the Georgia’s Paddock is softer than the Emily’s Paddock, and being from the drought vintage, it exhibits a deeper red colour by the aromatic flavours developed over a year of maturation in new American oak puncheons. This wine will drink beautifully from now on with long cellaring unnecessary.

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – August 2007
Medium crimson. Lovely complex red cherry/ mocha aromas hint of herb garden. Well concentrated sweet fruited wine with dark chocolate/ red cherry flavours, dense firm slinky dry tannins and some savoury nuances. Finishes long and sweet, but brambly/ cedar dry. Drought year. Ash Wednesday bushfires on 16th February. Lovely to drink now but will still hold for a while. Now-2012. 88 points.

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – 17th August 2012
Medium deep colour. Mushroom, wet bitumen, tobacco leaf aromas with some red currant notes. Sweet fruited and surprisingly bouyant with developed tobacco-leaf, redcurrant flavours and fine looseknit leafy tannins. Gritty and fresh, but best to drink now. Ash Wednesday bushfires on 16th February. Now – 87 points

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – 8th August 2017
Medium deep colour. Well developed slightly oxidised wine with carob, leather, beef stock aromas and flavours, fine slinky dry tannins and pronounced acidity. Holding by a finger nail. 12% Alc 85 points – Now – past

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – August 2007
Medium pale crimson. Intense cherry stone, leather, wet bitumen, touch of graphite aromas. Lightly concentrated wine with developed leather/ mocha/ cherry stone flavours, lacy dry tannins and mineral acidity. Finishes chalky firm. First vintage – low 12°. At its peak. Now. 82 points

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – 17th August 2012
Light medium colour. Mushroom, light cherry aromas with touches of toffee, amontillado. Lean and acidic on the palate. Fruit has faded. Past – 78 points

Tasting notes by Andrew Caillard, MW – 8th August 2017
Medium crimson. Fresh but over developed leather. Tobacco leaf aromas. Still holding up with supple red fruits, light tobacco leaf flavours and fine lacy tannins. More curio than a great wine, but the beginning of an important modern Australian wine tradition. 11% Alc 87 points Now-past.