Thorn-Clarke, Milton Park Shiraz, South Eastern Australia

Nose of oak and pepper. Sweet berries and spices, with a slight chocolate finish. Bit too cloying.

2009 vintage

Meget lakrids

2009 vintage

Great wine for everyday. Will buy again.

2009 vintage

Consistently good.

2005 vintage

Old 2011 notes. Nose of plum with some dark fruit. Rich, spicy taste with a touch of butter. Medium finish. Overall nice and pleasant.

2009 vintage

Still getting better...

2005 vintage

Plum, spices and vanilla on the nose. This wine doesn't offer much complexity on the palate. It is a fruit bomb, almost sweet, jammy, with Asian spices and soft tannins. Some dark berries in the mid palate, supported by a good acidity and followed by a peppery finish (retail $9.99)

2009 vintage

Wine Tasting at Underground Wines (Underground Wines) : The Milton Park Barossa Shiraz is a ruby wine with medium legs. The nose is predominantly earth and leather. Lots of fruit in the mouth with black cherry and mulberry. Smooth textured, with fine tannins and high alcohol. The black cherry finish has better than medium length.

2005 vintage

- Crimsom color with medium forming legs - Lovely Shiraz, particularly for the price. Typical juicy fruits - blackberries and raspberries. Peppery finish but a little sweet. Very voluptuous, lots of round edges. Drank it with strip steaks marinated in soy sauce, garlic, thyme, rosemary, and scallions. Complemented well. Would definitely buy another bottle, particularly at this price.

2009 vintage

Very fruit-forward, comes across as a typical Aussie shiraz with a good fruity palate and a peppery finish. Nicely made, well balanced. An excellent value for US$10. An hour of decanting brought out more fruit.

2009 vintage

Pretty good for $9.00. Nice fruit, on the nose & pallet. Slight chocolate on the finish. Well worth the price.

2005 vintage

Pretty one-dimensional but had some lively raspberry fruit forward and a little tannic pepper finish. Good table wine and not bad for the retail price but not worth the $26 at the restaurant.The decent fruit held up to Thai food nicely.

2009 vintage

Who'd have thought...nose of fruit, leather and earth, big fruit bomb of a wine, tannins fully integrated into the finish. What a quaff for $8.99/bottle....

2005 vintage

This isn't my usual cup of tea, so I'll decline to give it a rating. Somewhat distilled blackberry fruit, whiskey barrel, with brambly tones that remind me of Zinfandel. Caught a bit of ginger when I first opened it, but couldn't detect it again. Finishes a little sweet (NutraSweet of over-ripe Shiraz, not residual sugar) and a little hot. But there's nothing wrong here, and I think this is probably a good buy at the price point.

2009 vintage

Peppery, with slightly gritty tannins around dark, spicy flavors.

2006 vintage

Good fruits on nose and mouth, well balanced with breathing time

2005 vintage

This has improved in the 3 years since I drank it last. It's rounded and not overly ripe. Simple but enjoyable. Two of us liked it but the third didn't.

2005 vintage

Initial taste was quite pleasant. After two hours of breathing, though, it was somewhat grapey and a little harsh on the finish. An hour+ later and it was pretty decent again. Certainly drinkable but nothing special. - On night two, it was smoother and a bit better. My cooking wine du jour, $5 special Savanha 2007 Shiraz from South Africa, was smoother to drink right out of the bottle.

2006 vintage

Have to go down a point based on drinking some other wines from Thorn-Clarke last night.

2005 vintage

A very good wine for $9/bottle. It is still fruity but needs to be proper temperature before drinking. Right out of the cellar at 57°F was too cold for the flavors to be evident. 2nd glass was much better as a result.

2005 vintage

A bit tanniny. Touch bitey. Not bad, not awesome.

2006 vintage

Ok, so the concentration is impressive and the finish is medium to longish. Still a one-dimensional wine of ripe fruit and over-the-top fruit forward wine. At the price, no complaints.

2006 vintage

I'm surprised at my reaction to this wine. Usually, I adore Australian shirazes. This one seems a little simple and too over-the-top ripe. There's something not quite balanced on the palate, although the finish is surprisingly long.

2006 vintage

Screaming deal at $7.99. Taylors Mkt. Big, fruit forward with good structure. Alc at 13.5%: centrifuged but food friendly.

2006 vintage

need to buy more

2005 vintage

This is a really great tasting Shiraz at a great price - under $10. Smooth with berry tastes. Would buy again.

2006 vintage

The Shotfire (Ridge) is the better Shiiraz

2005 vintage

Hot and forgettable at $12. A steal at $6. Aussie reds can be cheaper and better. Better (less hot) the second night. Spicy and oaky. Dark in color, with some dark fruit and pepper.

2006 vintage

Forgettable.

2006 vintage

Not so hot

2005 vintage

This is a great example of a well done Shiraz at a good price. It is deep red in the glass and hardly transparent. I smell creamy raspberry, oak vanilla. In the mouth it is lush, with a blackberry jam taste, it is sweet but not too much. I enjoyed this because of its dry, spicy, fruity structure. I can also taste a bit of strawberry with a nice tannin and soft soil. Great job at containing the 13.9% of …

2006 vintage

good overall effort but a bit on the chocolaty side with round well integrated everything

2005 vintage

A pretty nicely balanced shiraz. Fruit forward and No mistaking it for a frenchie, but I don't think that it falls into the "fruit bomb" category as some others have said. Its pretty well balanced with nice clean black cherry on the front end and spicey black pepper. There is some backbone and the pepper is there on the finish. Its a nice wine, especially for the money.

2006 vintage

Passable, with a lovely nose. But this is a cheap-ish Aussie fruitbomb that was way too hot and sweet for my tastes.

2006 vintage

Really unpleasant nose when first opened. Improved the second day, but still only a passable wine. Will not buy again.

2006 vintage

dark fruit with liquorice linger- great wine, serious bargain - opened up more on the second day.

2006 vintage

The first day this was a 86. The next day we had the rest of the bottle with rib steak. Not bad... a 90. For a $10 wine this is a deal. Just give it some air.

2005 vintage

Smelled and tasted of mediocre quality. Pure plum. Minimal structure. Lacks balance. Very so-so. Others in this price range outperform. Will not buy again.

2006 vintage

Dark, cherry, blackberry. Great bargain Shiraz.

2006 vintage

UPDATE: Oddly enough, would upgrade this to an 86 after having been opened and sitting in the fridge for two days. Was better than a 2001 Guigal CdP. Still too sweet, especially on the nose, but the palate was richer and more velvety. Finish still quite short.

2005 vintage

Overrated. Sweet, fruity nose. Some black pepper on the palate. Fairly thin and one-dimensional. Pleasant enough, butI don't get all the raves. Decanting does make the nose a little richer, but still thin and flat on the palate.

2005 vintage

great Shiraz for the money. Lots of fruit and ready drink immediately after opening. Very consistant to other bottles.

2005 vintage

Darl Inky purple in color. The nose gives hints of blackberry and pepper. Flavors of dark cherry, espresso and to a lesser extent black pepper. Its slightly grapey and less complex. Good value for the money and a good wine to sip but not greatwith food.

2006 vintage

At $8 a bottle, this is a bargain. Tasted cherries, blueberries. Nice finish.

2006 vintage

I thought this was outstanding.

2005 vintage

Not at all complex in any way shape or form but extremely tasty nonetheless and for $8 is pretty tough to beat at this price.

2006 vintage

consistent, great value

2005 vintage

first, I must mention that we made the mistake of drinking this directly after a 2001 Rosemount G.S.M., which was absolutely fantastic. The GSM clearly made this pale in comparison, so my score may be a bit harsh, but if it is it's not by much. NOSE: Spicy, smoky, sweet apple cider, not as complex as the Rosemount GSM BODY: cherry red; clear; medium-light bodied TASTE: Ugh! Clay, sweet, simple, out of balance (no tannins whatsoever), and kind of hot. …

2006 vintage

Nice everyday drinking berry forwad shiraz

2005 vintage

Big, full but not complex. Rich in berries. A bargain worth repeating.

2005 vintage

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