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2007 vintage guide for Red Australia
Inconsistent quality, with ripeness to the fore. Best reds have concentrated flavours, deep colours and supple tannins, with Shiraz and Grenache standing out. Cabernets may lack elegance.
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2006 vintage guide for Red Australia
Outstanding vintage, though quality falls short in Western Australia. Fully ripe wines with good tannic structure and well-developed flavours.
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2005 vintage guide for Red Australia
Fruit-forward wines with excellent structure
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2004 vintage guide for Red Australia
Classic Australian reds showing clear varietal character offer good value for money this year given the country’s current wine glut
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2003 vintage guide for Red Australia
Powerful and stylish Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon wines
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2002 vintage guide for Red Australia
Elegant wines with a good balance of natural acidity and fruit
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2001 vintage guide for Red Australia
A very good year for premium reds, particularly Barossa Shiraz, which shows rich concentration and ripeness
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2000 vintage guide for Red Australia
A curate's egg: less than laudable, tiny vintage, but some stellar stuff[
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1999 vintage guide for Red Australia
A difficult vintage throughout all regions, producing wines of variable quality
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1998 vintage guide for Red Australia
A great vintage and the best for Hunter Valley wines since 1991; yields were low, following drought
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1997 vintage guide for Red Australia
Erratic conditions reduced yields and dramatically compromised quality
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1996 vintage guide for Red Australia
Erratic conditions reduced yields and dramatically compromised quality
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1995 vintage guide for Red Australia
A poor year in the Barossa but very good in New South Wales and Western Australia
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1994 vintage guide for Red Australia
An excellent vintage in the Margaret River; South Australia also produced some classic wines
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1993 vintage guide for Red Australia
Good Cabernets were produced in Western Australia. Elsewhere the vintage was mixed, with rather light wines
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1992 vintage guide for Red Australia
A mixed year but some good wines from Western Australia and Victoria
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1991 vintage guide for Red Australia
An excellent vintage in all regions produced textbook wines
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1990 vintage guide for Red Australia
An exceptionally good year in South Australia; the harvest in New South Wales was spoiled by rain
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1989 vintage guide for Red Australia
A very disappointing harvest. A very disappointing harvest
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1988 vintage guide for Red Australia
A largely unexciting vintage
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1987 vintage guide for Red Australia
A cool summer produced wines for drinking relatively young
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1986 vintage guide for Red Australia
An excellent vintage, producing some classic wines with good aroma and structure
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1985 vintage guide for Red Australia
An uneven year but good in Victoria
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1984 vintage guide for Red Australia
A bewildering season which has never really lived up to its much-touted potential
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1983 vintage guide for Red Australia
A very good vintage throughout Australia; excellent Penfolds Grange
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1982 vintage guide for Red Australia
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1981 vintage guide for Red Australia
A hot, dry and forgettable vintage with many hard and tannic wines
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1980 vintage guide for Red Australia
A good year for wines from the Barossa and Victoria, also Cabernet and Shiraz from Western Australia
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1979 vintage guide for Red Australia
A generally disappointing year
