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Australian “First Growth” A handful of Australian “First Growths” are making Shiraz on the level of the world’s greatest wines and delivering the experiences to match. Along with Penfolds Grange, there’s Henschke Hill of Grace, Clarendon Hills Astralis, Yalumba The Caley, and Jim Barry The Armagh. Langtons, Australia’s leading auction house has a classification system…
97 points. Hundred-year-old vines. An unbelievable price. It’s next to impossible to figure out where to begin with the 2012 Kaesler Alte Reben Shiraz Barossa Valley. We’ve been working on securing this dark, inky, and concentrated ancient-vine Shiraz for years, but Kaesler’s popularity in their home country makes these wines notoriously hard to get in…
Iconic Barossa Shiraz In Australia, only a select few Shiraz producers — Penfolds, Henchke, Torbeck — can be considered in the same league as the Barossa’s legendary Elderton. Vinous has called Elderton’s flagship Command Shiraz “one of Australia’s finest and most iconic and ageworthy red wines for the last two decades.” Wine Spectatorhas featured their…
In Australia, just a handful of elite Shiraz producers—Penfolds, Henschke, Torbreck—can be considered in the same league as the Barossa’s legendary Elderton. Given the rapturous critical acclaim the 2014 release has received, this bottle will be a shoo-in for veterans putting the finishing touches on a priceless collection, and those just beginning to assemble a…
A Dual 98-point Icon Our first-ever offer of Penfolds Grange, a mere 95 bottles of this 98-point “Icon,” as Wine Spectator called it on one 2014 cover, sold out instantly. Because of our unique relationship with Penfolds we secured a second allocation at a knockout price. Grange is one of the most revered and inimitable…
Just mention Syrah and our mouths start watering. When this grape reaches its full potential, it’s beguiling, drawing you in with its endless core of black fruit laced with pepper and smoke. Truly great Syrah is also incredibly rare—it needs time, unique terroir, and the touch of an exceptional winemaker. The 2014 M. Chapoutier Tournon…
D’Arenberg is one of Australia’s most iconic brands: The century-old winery has taken home Australia’s most prestigious red wine award, been named one of the country’s five best by Wine & Spirits, and their marquee bottling—the universally beloved Dead Arm Shiraz—stands with the best from Penfolds, Henschke, and Glaetzer. Based on 94% Shiraz, this bottle…
There’s one wine that defines Australia’s best, and it’s Henschke’s Hill of Grace. Without a doubt this is the shining jewel of the Land Down Under, and a consistent top-scoring standout that truly goes head-to-head with the best of Napa and Bordeaux. Only 120 bottles—a mere ten cases—of Henschke’s 2015 Hill of Grace were imported, and…
Wine Access clients have been clamoring for more “Entity” from John Duval ever since we offered the 2007, which was greeted with a sellout and 60 perfect 5-star ratings. Our long, fruitful partnership allows us to offer the 2015 Entity, which Australian wine guru James Halliday awarded a blazing 96 points. This stunningly rich, marvelously…
When It Feels Right To Be Wrong… We were led to believe that all 16 bottles of Shiraz on the table were over $50 at a recent blind tasting in Chicago. But after the first pass of tasting, our host revealed with a smile that he’d snuck in one value bottle that regularly goes for…
Exceptional Quality at a Bargain Price When I visited Australia this past fall, I was most excited to take a deep dive into the McLaren Vale — the white-hot center of some of the finest Shiraz wines I’ve had in recent years. It was there that I re-discovered Wits End, which produced one of my…
A Taste of the “Other” Land Down Under Neal Martin of Vinous recently wrote “no country, no wine region has been as dynamic, progressive or indeed, as exciting as South Africa.” Tim Atkin quickly agreed, praising today’s 2016 Cederburg Shiraz for its “dark plum and boysenberry fruit,” and “spicy oak,” adding another 93-point score to…
Some of you may be familiar with winemaker Richard Hamilton’s “Centurion,” the ancient dry-grown Shiraz plucked off vines planted in 1892, one of the oldest Shiraz vineyards in McLaren Vale, and one of the oldest vineyards in the world. That was a very special, rare $60 bottle we offered in June. But Richard has a…
We’ve tasted brilliant 97-point Shiraz before—but rarely at this price. An icon of elegance in Australia’s Adelaide Hills, Shaw + Smith’s benchmark Shiraz approached perfection for leading Australian critic James Halliday in 2016. “Everything is in its place, creating an immaculate whole—the fine-grained tannins, the length, the freshness and detail,” raved the critic in his…
One of our best dinners of 2019 took place not in a white tablecloth, Michelin-starred establishment, but in a drafty Michigan hunting lodge on a friend’s back forty. Roasted rack of venison with a black peppercorn crust was the night’s special, served on a rough-hewn table by a fireplace just barely keeping out the December…
Michel Chapoutier is one of the world’s greatest masters of Syrah. Thanks to his $300+ Hermitage wines, he holds 44 100-Point scores in Wine Advocate alone, nearly as many as Marcel Guigal and Jean-Louis Chave put together (45). When Chapoutier expanded to Australia, Robert Parker catapulted his project to international renown, calling Chapoutier’s first effort…
Down-Under Discovery at Tokyo Grand Hyatt Ever since I first sipped this outstanding Shiraz at the Grand Hyatt in Tokyo, I have looked forward to writing these words: We are thrilled to introduce the United States to the 2017 Maverick Breechens Shiraz Barossa Valley, a wine that has long enjoyed smashing success in Europe and Asia,…
In June of 1996, Wine Spectator exclaimed “Australia Hits the Big Time” on a cover that featured three towering bottles of Shiraz. Two were marquee Aussie bottlings, Henschke Mount Edelstone and Penfolds Grange, which retail for $130 and $680, respectively. The third was from an operation that had dwelled in relative obscurity until that magazinecover…
Australia’s Ultimate Value Shiraz We’re keeping this one very quiet. Any time a $20 wine receives a score of 95 points or more, especially from a critic like James Halliday, it’s off to the races for wine buyers. Halliday called the 2017 Norfolk Rise Shiraz from Mount Benson “highly perfumed, inexpensive and totally enjoyable punching…
The 94-point, $20 Thorn-Clarke Eden Trail Shiraz might be considered an exception to the rule in some places, but here at Wine Access it’s the rule of thumb: Thorn-Clarke is an overachiever in every sense, and this delivers six generations worth of winemaking tradition in an exceedingly vibrant cool-climate Shiraz. We first tasted the Eden…
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