2021 John Duval Wines Shiraz Entity Barossa Valley South Australia

Common sense says that the farther you get from a region, the tougher it is to find its wines. In most cases, it’s true: California is awash in Napa wines you can’t get in Amsterdam, and we wish we had the pick of Loire Valley whites you’d find on a shelf in Paris or Tours.  

But the rule breaks down with John Duval’s Entity Shiraz. 

Crafted by the iconic winemaker who helmed Penfolds’ Grange program, Entity is a must-own for anyone who loves the jammy, rich wines of Australia’s Barossa Valley. It won the 2020 Shiraz of the Year award from James Halliday’s Wine Companion, one of Australia’s most renowned publications—and the 2021 earned 95 points, not to mention 94-point scores from Wine Spectator, Vinous, and James Sucking. 

Due to this smashing success, this wine is absolutely impossible to find in its home country. In fact, one Wine Access member once wrote of Entity: “This is a superb Shiraz. Our Australian cousin has begged us to save her a bottle.” 

Crafted by the iconic winemaker who helmed Penfolds’ Grange program, the 2021 is hot off the press and hasn’t yet been judged by Halliday—but we don’t need a score to know when we taste a wine that matches the phenoms that came before it. 

Grown in an outstanding vintage in Barossa Valley, Entity shows the kind of depth and concentration that have inspired the wine’s perennial acclaim and made it an envy-inducing bottle among Australian collectors.

This is stratospheric quality from one of the most legendary names in Aussie Shiraz. It’s a wine that carries the prestige and pedigree of its forebears with effortless poise.

• Fruit Intensity
• Oak Intensity
• Body
• Acidity
• Tannin

• ABV 14.50%
• 30 mins
• Now – 2035
• % Shiraz
• Serving temperature – 62°
• Stelvin