Shingleback 2016 GSM – priced at less than $15 a bottle – has blitzed the judges at this year’s Royal Adelaide Wine Show.
The McLaren Vale red – which is currently selling at Dan Murphy’s for $12.99 a bottle – took out three trophies, including Best Grenache or Grenache Blend, Best Red Wine Under $20, and the prestigious Max Schubert Trophy for Most Outstanding Red Wine.
The win follows it taking out the George Mackey Memorial Perpetual Trophy for the best value red at the 2017 Sydney Royal Wine Show, as well as the 2017 Royal Queensland Wine Show’s trophy for top grenache or red Rhone varietal or blend, Gold Medals at the China Wine & Spirits Awards, Perth Royal Wine Awards and New Zealand International Wine Show.
Shingleback owner, viticulturist and senior winemaker John Davey told Adelaide Now: “When you own your own vineyard and make your own wines, you manage the site right down to the individual wine. Our goal is to produce superior fruit that will make rich, ripe, and complex wines typical of McLaren Vale.”
He modestly told InDaily: “It’s a product we’ve been doing for a long time and it’s slotted into a label that’s at a fighting price and is the bread and butter of our company to a large extent. The prettiness of the Grenache, the strength of the Shiraz and savoury flavours of the Mourvedre are creating that synergy that’s getting this wine attention.
“There’s a lot of excitement and everything old is new again. Grenache is coming back into fashion but the reality is that sales will never be even a blip on Shiraz.”
The full list winners at the show:
MOST OUTSTANDING RED WINE IN SHOW
Shingleback Red Knot Grenache Shiraz Mourvedre 2016
MOST OUTSTANDING WHITE WINE IN SHOW
Evans & Tate Karridale Chardonnay 2015
BEST CHARDONNAY IN SHOW
Evans & Tate Karridale Chardonnay 2015
BEST RIESLING IN SHOW
Leasingham Classic Clare Riesling 2012
BEST SAUVIGNON BLANC IN SHOW
Lambrook Adelaide Hills Sauvignon Blanc 2017
BEST SEMILLON IN SHOW
Tyrrells Vat 1 Semillon 2005
BEST OTHER VARIETAL WHITE
Saltram Winemakers Selection Fiano 2017
BEST DRY WHITE BLEND
Alkoomi White Label Semillon Sauvignon Blanc 2017
BEST SWEET WHITE TABLE WINE
The Noble Botryotinia Fuckeliana 2015
BEST CABERNET SAUVIGNON IN SHOW
Richardson Cabernet Sauvignon 2013
BEST PINOT NOIR IN SHOW
Eddystone Point Pinot Noir 2016
BEST SHIRAZ IN SHOW
Yalumba The Octavius Shiraz 2013
BEST GRENACHE OR GRENACHE BLEND
Shingleback Red Knot Grenache Shiraz Mourvedre 2016
BEST OTHER RED BLEND
Shingleback Local Heroes Shiraz Grenache 2016
BEST SPARKLING WINE IN SHOW
House of Arras Blanc de Blancs 2008
BEST WHITE WINE UNDER $20
Lambrook Adelaide Hills Sauvignon Blanc 2017
BEST RED WINE UNDER $20
Shingleback Red Knot Grenache Shiraz Mourvedre 2016
BEST BRANDY IN SHOW
St Agnes XO Brandy
BEST APERA, TOPAQUE OR MUSCAT
Morris Old Premium Muscat Blend
BEST AUSTRALIAN VINTAGE, TAWNY OR RUBY
Morris Old Premium Tawny Blend
BEST TRADITIONAL AUSTRALIAN RED BLEND
Jacob’s Creek Expedition Barossa Valley Cabernet Shiraz 2015
BEST OTHER VARIETAL RED
Brown Brothers Cellar Door Release Montepulciano
2016
