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THREE DARK HORSES SHIRAZ 2023

A full on quintessential McLaren Vale Shiraz

Product Code: 7476
Country: Australia
Region: South Australia
Sub Region: McLaren Vale
Style: Red
Variety: Syrah / Shiraz
Producer: Three Dark Horses

Closure: Screw Cap
Unit: Each
Volume: 750ml
Alcohol: 14.5%
Grape: 100% Shiraz
Natural: Vegan Friendly

Original price was: $26.99.Current price is: $21.99.

A full on quintessential McLaren Vale Shiraz

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A favourite of ours for a good few years now this McLaren Vale Shiraz is a big, plush, fruity number that opens up in the glass to reveal plenty more while its sheer drinkability is nothing but pleasure. This 2023 release is another stunner and although delicious now it will reward some cellar time.

Winery notes (2023 Vintage)
"The 2023 McLaren Vale Shiraz captivates with a deep, inky crimson core and vibrant purple hues at the rim, signalling its youthful vibrancy and intensity. The aromatics are inviting and layered, featuring ripe blackberry, dark cherry, and plum, complemented by delicate violet florals, a hint of black pepper, and subtle oak spice.

On the palate, the wine is generous, structured, and elegantly balanced, with concentrated dark fruits, fine-grained tannins, and bright, integrated acidity. Nuances of dark chocolate, liquorice, and gentle spice add complexity, while the silky, flowing texture carries through to a long, expressive finish, perfectly reflecting McLaren Vale’s signature Shiraz style.

9 days on skins with 10% whole bunch for lifted aromatics. Regular pump overs. Basket pressed to oak (mainly French) 25% new for 20 months. Vegan friendly."

5 Stars & 94/100 Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, October 2025 (2023 Vintage)
"Upfront and immediately appealing, the enticing bouquet shows blackberry, star anise, liquorice, and roasted hazelnut characters with a hint of cocoa. The palate is wonderfully weighted and plump, delivering a richly textured mouthfeel, backed by layers of fine tannins, finishing persistent and velvety. At its best: now to 2035."

92/100 Ken Gargett, WinePilot.com (2023 Vintage)
"McLaren Vale Shiraz from the highly regarded Blewitt Springs sub-region, the vines are aged anywhere between twenty and fifty years. The team included 10% whole bunches in the fermentation and maturation was in oak, mostly French, for twenty months. 25% of the oak was new. The colour here is deep maroon. On the nose we have notes of chocolate, mushrooms, cocoa powder, plums and mulberries, with a flick of oak with the integration proceeding well. A wine of medium length through to satiny tannins, the freshness is still evident. The wine is juicy and approachable and full of flavour. It will provide delicious drinking over the next six to ten years."

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You may also choose to 'pick up' your order from our wine shop at 188 Durham Street South, Christchurch.

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If for any reason you are not entirely happy with your order or you suspect that it may be affected by a quality issue, please do not hesitate to contact us and we will remedy the problem straight away. Contact us on (03) 3655134.

Note, for orders of 1 - 2 bottles we charge an additional $6 for packaging. To ensure the safety of the bottles we use specially designed posting boxes.

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Established on a 22 acre vineyard in Blewitts Springs, South Australia, Three Dark Horses is located in the heart of a region known for producing magnificent red varieties, their vineyard producing Shiraz and Cabernet and including a section of 60 year old Cabernet vines. They focus on offering small-batch, hand-made, affordable wines of character that represent their unique expression of the McLaren Vale region.

The hand-made aspect is central and of highest importance to Three Dark Horses, with everything being hand made, with a shovel, basket press and with wild yeast reigning supreme.

Three Dark Horses produces variants of Shiraz, Grancahe, Touriga and Cabernet, with a milestone occuring in 2014 when they produced their first white wines, a Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc, both from the Adelaide Hills. It began when Matt, a former winemaker at Coriole, was presented with a unique opportunity to make wine from Bruno Romano’s old vineyard in the Seaview sub-region of McLaren Vale. It was an offer from his father Alan and grandfather Frank that he could not refuse.