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Shiraz

Australians renamed the Syrah grape from the Rhône region in France with their own lingo, "Shiraz." It is the most widely planted premium red wine grape in the country.

Shiraz styles range from simple but delicious light wines with fresh strawberry fruit flavors to serious, more complex wines that need time to evolve.

Cabernet Sauvignon

Cabernet Sauvignon is rapidly catching up with Shiraz as Australia's principal red wine grape. Cabernet grapes reach full maturity in Australia's southern growing regions, for example near Adelaide.

These wines can achieve outstanding structure. They take on flavors of red currants, black currants, chocolate, and mulberry.
In the past, Cabernet was blended into predominantly Shiraz wines. Now, Australian winemakers are often turning to the more traditional Bordeaux blends of Cabernet Sauvignon with Merlot and Cabernet Franc, a spicy first cousin of Cabernet Sauvignon.