Fruit is from the Griffins Road vineyard thanks to Pat Griffin’s early plantings in 1990, despite vines disappearing in the...

Fruit is from the 1997 planted Walsh Block through the ambitious friendship of Norm Latta and Frank and Kerry Walsh....

Fruit is from the Schaefer family growers, where vines went into the ground in 2017. Pinot Noir is planted on...

A plush, dusty and romantic Cabernet from the famous Stevens Road vineyard. Blackcurrants, mulberries, lead pencil and bay leaf are...

Regal, sleek and bright, this Cabernet carries upper-class certainty yet still feels like an absolute dude. Blackberry jubes, lavender, blood...

The bright red fruits and subtle dried herb savoury elements of this variety are immediately evident on the nose. There’s...

From the Barossa Valley, the wine is matured for a year and a half in French oak puncheons. An opaque...

This comes from a single handpicked vineyard near Ballarat, so it’s a cool climate wine. It was all wild fermented,...

The team here have aimed for a more modern style of Shiraz from McLaren Vale, approachable and elegant. Admirable, but...

Plush, flavoursome, dark fruit-loaded shiraz from a season that produced some lovely drinking wines. It has a spicy, plummy blackberry...

A beautifully balanced and poised medium-bodied Grenache sourced from a couple of old-vine McLaren Vale vineyards, most of which were...

An elegant and most stylish Shiraz from what was a very cool season in McLaren Vale. In fact, it was...

The Angelus gets its name from the old three-quarter-ton Angelus Bell, which is at the entrance to Wirra Wirra. The...

This was such a good vintage in McLaren Vale and, in fact, throughout South Australia, so it’s little wonder a...

This marvellous wine is the result of pulling together the best bits of Cabernet and Shiraz, in fact, 50% of...

The team’s premium Shiraz from the Clare Valley, from an excellent vintage, the fruit hails from a 130-year-old dry grown...

The Sleeper is anything but. Hails from one of the oldest bocks in Williamstown, Barossa Valley, planted 1946, dry grown...

This Barossa-sourced Shiraz is only made in exceptional years, and 2024 was certainly one of those. It’s marked by tremendous...

A truly exceptional example of Clare Shiraz, specifically from Polish Hill River, from a vineyard planted in 1902. It’s a...

The team at O’Leary Walker have recently released two prestige examples of their Shiraz. I know that conventional wisdom would...

Polish Hill River – the higher, cooler part of the Clare Valley noted for Riesling, also plays an important role...

I think this is a very good representation of harnessing the seasonal shifts of 2023. It leans into its red...

There’s a lot of thinking going on here and a focused mindfulness in this top-shelf Adelaide Hills Pinot from Tim...

Sourced from the Adelaide Hills, this is a marvellous testament to clever winemaking and viticulture in what was quite a...