There has been much discussion about the rising levels of alcohol in Australian red wines ... In my Australian Wine Compendium, written in 1984, I gave them the equivalent (then on a 20-point scale) ...

Red Burgundy is 100% pinot noir, and its Australian counterparts ... or region in the world. The wine typically is 10–10.5% alc/vol, is fermented dry, and bottled within three months or so of vintage.

You can’t take your eyes off this McLaren Vale wine. This big beauty is a showstopper – but you may have never heard of it.