Premium Reserve Winecasks 2LT Shiraz

Bloody Good
"Here’s another cask red that needs a swirl. Given that, it showed attractive sweet fruit, plum and blackberry flavours and smooth, fleshy texture. It’s well balanced, so it’s pleasantly approachable."

Peter Forrestal, Quaff 2010, October 2009

"Looking at my notes, I'm thinking that this might be my preferred De Bortoli red cask. It's a touch smoother than the others, with lively, spicy, redcurrant and dark cherry flavours and good balanced tannins."

Peter Forrestal, Quaff, December 2008

3/5
"At the risk of faint praise a drinkable dry red for backyard barbies and pizzas."

Paddy Kendler, Best In a Box, Herald Sun, May 2008

"Pleasant, oak-derived aromas mixed with crushed berries. Nice palate weight with a good balance of flavours. Well structured, with a long, lingering finish."

, Winestate, Cask Wines, March 2008

One of the Best Cask Reds Under $15
"Fleshy and fruity, chocolate, plum and lifted savoury characters, reasonable length and finish."

Graeme Phillips, Hobart Mercury, July 2006

"Berry and plum fruit aromas backed by subtle vanilla and chocolate accents. The flavours show ripe fruit and sweet oak notes with a soft texture on the palate."

, Winestate, Feature Tasting - Cask Wines, March 2006

"A delightful red with attractive red berry flavours - some dark plums, perhaps mulberries, red cherries - quite rich and concentrated, smooth, almost fleshy. A good drink at a great price. Bloody Good."

Peter Forrestal, Quaff 2006 - The best 400 wines in Australian under $15, December 2005

"Stewed fruit on the nose and ripe and plummy in the mouth with grippy tannins and nice lingering finish."

, Winestate, Feature Tasting - Cask Wines, April 2005

"The equivalent of 2 2/3 750 ml bottles. Intense garnet colour a trim; it’s chocolately, sweet, and full-bodied, with a whack of oak which matches the powerful raspberry and blackberry fruit. Quintessential jammy over-the-top style; somewhat hot finish. And the spigot doesn’t leak! If you like the odd glass of red wine, this packaging keeps the product fresh for weeks after opening, and (granted you like this style!) I’ve never tasted a better bargain in boxed red wine than De Bortoli’s Chateau Cardboard. This package wins a Grape Expectation Award for plainly stamping a 'Best Before' date on the top of the box."

John Rempel, Grape Expectations, Winnipeg Free Press, Canada, January 2005

"If you have just started reading this year's guide, get ready to read the name De Bortoli quite a lot. They are finding it incredibly difficult at the moment to make anything other than good wine at good prices. Now that may not sound too difficult but trust me after tasting 2000 wines, there ain't that many of them and thank God for De Bortoli. Their talent stretches to nice, reliable, easy drinking shiraz casks like this. Perfect with pizza."

Stuart Gregor, Don’t Buy Wine Without Me 2005, December 2004

"Shows a degree of mature leathery ripe fruit. Soft and delicious drinking with a fleshy plum mouth feel."

Ray Jordan, Crackers in a box, West Australian, December 2004

"Subdued nose of blackberry fruit. A sweeter but balanced palate. Good intensity and weight."

, Winestate, Feature Tasting - Cask Wines, February 2003