Olssen Of Watervale The Olssen Six Clare Valley Red Blend 2022
95 Point Rated - Australian Wine Showcase Magazine

94 Point Rated & 5 Stars - Sam Kim Wine Orbit
"It's superbly ripe and complex, showing dark berry, cake spice, roasted hazelnut and dried flower aromas, leading to a wonderfully flavoursome palate displaying terrific richness combined with fleshy texture and beautifully infused tannins. Generous and plush, offering gorgeous drinking. At its best: now to 2037.  $65.00

Magarey Lane Glenroy Coonawarra Shiraz 2015
97 Point Rated & 5 Stars Sam Kim Wine Orbit
This is gorgeously seductive on the nose with blackberry, vanillin oak, clove and dark chocolate aromas, followed by a concentrated palate delivering outstanding weight and density. Multi-layered and expansive with a persistent delicious finish. At its best: now to 2032. $120.00. April 2023.

95 Points Wine Showcase Magazine

Shanahans The Reaper Barossa Valley Shiraz 2021
98 Point Rated - Winestate Magazine
"Classic Barossa shiraz with an inviting combination of dark fruit, chocolate, floral and oak aromas. Wonderfully balanced wine which is silky smooth with impeccable tannin structure."

96 Point Rated - Sam Kim Wine Orbit
"Richly ripe and inviting with dark plum, raspberry, rich floral, vanilla and hazelnut aromas, it's succulent and weighty in the mouth with silky texture and polished tannins. The wine is fruit forward with spicy undertones, displaying generous, supple mouthfeel with a beautiful rounded finish. At its best: now to 2033."

95 Point Rated - Wine Showcase Magazine
"Dark chocolatey nose with good dash of spices and black pepper. This wine has a lovely, long, rich, dark fruit palate balanced with spicy characters and oak."

92 Point Rated - Aaron Brasher The Real Review
"Dark, inky and opaque in the glass. Juicy, jubey, ripe and plush aromas of plum, spice, cola and charry oak. Big, chunky and chewy on the palate. Plum, charry oak and sweet spice drive this beast. Decadent, richly flavoured and with plenty of juice"

Kopparossa Coonawarra Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2019
95 Point Rated - Australian Wine Showcase Magazine
"Good deal of bramble fruits on nose, with a nice minty edge. Palate is full of dense berry fruit that has nice firm spice and finish."

Grant Burge Meshach Barossa Valley Shiraz 2014
95 Point Rated - Jeni Port Wine Pilot
"Meshach looms large in the glass. It’s the Barossa Valley Shiraz’s signature as its creator, Grant Burge, intended. From vines 60+ years old, it holds court both colour-wise – deep, dark with twinkling red hues – and with a powerful presence that belies its age. Big perfume of cigar box, chocolate, spice, plum pudding, black fruits, earth and leather. It’s generous and complex and, yes, carries the bold, warm-hearted Barossa shiraz stamp. It’s packed with flavour that lingers long. Meshach lives up to many drinkers’ expectations of what a traditional Barossa Shiraz should be, and that includes an ability to age. Firm tannins are the not so quiet force behind this wine with the clear intention of providing the framework for that extended ageing. It’s still but a pup and you can’t say that about too many nine-year-old Australian Shiraz."

95 Point Rated - Andrew Caillard MW Vintage Journal

94 Point Rated - Huon Hooke The Real Review
Very deep colour, starting to show development in its hue but retaining a good amount of purple in the meniscus; the bouquet is very complex and mellow, earthy and dark-to-red fruited, the palate is full-bodied and firm with ample tannins providing support. Stacks of vanilla, chocolate and mocha with a trace of cigarbox starting up. There's been a lot of oak employed here. Impressive plushness and character too.

Waller Wellman Kurtz Liaison Barossa Valley Shiraz 2022
96 Point Rated - Sam Kim Wine Orbit
"Powerfully rich and gracefully complex, the wine shows blackberry, toasted spice, charcuterie, cedary oak and mocha characters on the nose, followed by a concentrated palate exhibiting impressive weight and plush texture. Multi-layered and sturdy with a sustained gratifying finish. At its best: 2025 to 2040. $60.00."

94 Point Rated - Australian Wine Showcase Magazine

Normans Peacock McLaren Vale Shiraz Cabernet 2016
96 Point Rated & 5 Stars Sam Kim Wine Orbit
Gracefully rich and sumptuous, the wine shows dark fruit intensity, cured meat, cedary oak and dark chocolate characters on the nose. The superbly weighted palate displays plush texture combined with beautifully melded tannins, finishing impressively long and expansive. A delicious offering filled with richness and complexity. At its best: now to 2034.

95 Point Rated - Australian Wine Showcase Magazine
"Pleasant fruit cake bouquet. Matched nicely by a lovely, rich palate loaded with sweet plum flavours and a soft tannin finish."

Curtis Family Martins Vineyard Limited McLaren Vale Shiraz 2020
97 Point Rated - Sam Kim Wine Orbit
"This is gloriously rich and enticing with blackberry, warm spice, tapenade and cedary oak characters on the nose. The palate is equally impressive, displaying outstanding weight and power combined with velvety mouthfeel, finishing superbly long and delicious. At its best: now to 2040. $150.00"

96 Point Rated - Ken Gargett Wine Pilot
"This wine is part of a limited series of McLaren Vale Shiraz and for me, perhaps the most impressive in the range – which is saying something as it has plenty of competition. Vibrant purple in colour, this offers a lovely seductive nose, which is deeply flavoured with blackberry notes, plums, boot leather, bergamot, black cherries and spices. Hints of oak but melding well. Dense in structure though well balanced at all times, this is very long and has satiny tannins in abundance. It should sail through a decade in the cellar, though is drinking well now. Simply a cracking McLaren Vale Shiraz. Price: $150.00; Alcohol: 14.5%"

96 Point Rated - Patrick Eckel
"This is a classy McLaren Vale Shiraz and seems to defy what was more of a challenging vintage. The nose shows brooding dark plum and blackberry fruit that is amply supported by a swathe of brown spices and dark chocolate. The impact of incredible quality oak in undeniable on the nose, however the way it folds into the textured plum and black cherry fruit on the palate is seamless; tannins are fine and firm as is the acidity but in near perfect balance with the drive and influence of the fruit. The finish has a touch of leather to textured black fruits and lingering spice. Will live a long time."

Chateau Yaldara Lyndoch Valley Barossa Valley Shiraz 2021
96 Point Rated & 5 Stars - Sam Kim Wine orbit
"Wonderfully fruited and enticing, the bouquet shows black/blueberry, rich floral, vanilla, hazelnut and cocoa notes, leading to a sumptuous palate that's filled with rich fruit intensity backed by silky texture and layers of polished tannins, making it delicious and hugely appealing. At its best: now to 2040. $90.00. Feb 2024."


The Colonial Estate Exile Barossa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2019
96 Point Rated - Australian Wine Showcase Magazine
"Superb blackberry aromas with a lovely generous aromatic lift. It has an eleegant palate with a magnificent structure full of ripe rich dark fruits, acidity and savoury tannin."

96 Point Rated & 5 Stars Sam Kim Wine Orbit
Complex and engaging, the wine shows dark berry, subtle tobacco, warm spice and toasty oak characters on the nose. The concentrated palate delivers succulent fruit intensity with savoury nuances, wonderfully framed by fleshy texture and finely woven tannins. Classically structured and mouthfilling with a persistent, satisfying finish. At its best: now to 2036

Kilikanoon Omen Shiraz 2017
95 Point Rated - Australian Wine Showcase Magazine

Olssen Of Watervale The Olssen Six Clare Valley Red Blend 2022
Gold Medal
Australian Wine Showcase Magazine

Kopparossa Coonawarra Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2019
Gold Medal
Australian Wine Showcase Magazine

Normans Peacock McLaren Vale Shiraz Cabernet 2016
Gold Medal - Australian Wine Showcase Magazine

The Colonial Estate Exile Barossa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2019
Gold Medal - Australian Wine Showcase Magazine

Kilikanoon Omen Shiraz 2017
Gold Medal
Australian Wine Showcase Magazine