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Tim Smith, Shiraz Bugalugs, 2024

Red Wine from Australia, Australia
by Tim Smith
$23.99
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Tim Smith, a 35-year veteran of Barossa winemaking, takes premium fruit that would fetch twice the price elsewhere and declassifies it into Bugalugs—a wine about freshness, accessibility, and the sheer pleasure of drinking great Shiraz without pretension. Old oak and Barossa floor vineyard fruit yield a supple, layered red that's not about extraction but about vibrant fruit and fine tannins.

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More about Tim Smith

Tim Smith makes Barossa wine with a Rhône accent: Mataro, Grenache and Shiraz, the region's time-tested grapes, handled with a light touch that favors freshness and perfume over sheer power. We were thrilled to host this Aussie wine legend at the shop, and his wines are the best argument we know that Barossa can be generous without being heavy.

Tim started as a cellar hand at Yalumba in 1987, earned a wine science degree, and went on to make wine at St Hallett, Tatachilla and Château Tanunda. A Barossa-Rhône exchange sent him to work harvests in the Rhône Valley, including at Chapoutier, and in the early 2000s he launched his own small label, based in Vine Vale on the Barossa's eastern side.

He sources small parcels from older, sustainably farmed vineyards across the Barossa and the higher, cooler Eden Valley. In the cellar he keeps it hands-off: no added tannins, enzymes or fining agents, low sulfur, and increasingly large, older French barrels. The Bugalugs Shiraz and Grenache are bottled early to keep their bright, juicy fruit, and they are terrific everyday value. The MGS (Mataro, Grenache, Shiraz) draws on vineyards averaging around 85 years old, and there's a Mataro rosé and Eden Valley Riesling worth seeking out too.

Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Syrah

  • Vintage

    2024

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Traditional

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Medium Bodied

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Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Roasted chicken, grilled sausages, beef burgers, aged cheddar, BBQ

Tasting Profile

Juicy mulberries, blueberries, dark chocolate, baking spices. Medium-bodied, supple, layered. Fine, talc-like tannins.

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