About this Wine: "60% grenache, 20% mataro, 20% shiraz...crushed, fermented, presses and matured in seasoned oak casks for 18 months before bottling without filtration...45 diffreent parcels o...

Chuck Hayward: Dark purple with an opaque core, the thin rim fades to a garnet hue. Aromatic and complex right out of the gate, graphite-like minerals mingle with hard herbal caraway and pep...

James Halliday: Light but bright colour; made from the 90-year-old estate plantings, it is unmistakably varietal, but has more savoury tannins than most of its Barossa Valley compatriots. Let...

James Halliday: Mid-crimson; the bouquet is loaded with seductive sweet red and black fruits, Asian spices and a little gamey complexity; the palate is silky and seductive on entry, the mid-p...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate:  The exceptional 1996 Shiraz/Cabernet Sauvignon Mountain Blue (90% Shiraz and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon) exhibits a thick-l...

Wine Spectator: Rich flavors of black cherry and spice pick up hints of rose petal and white pepper as the finish evolves. The supple texture glides easily into a deftly balanced end point. B...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The profound 2005 Shiraz John Zilm was aged in new French and used American oak for 16 months. With an inky/blue/purple color, plenty of purity, richness, and depth as well as...

Wine Spectator: Lots of raspberry and tobacco flavors slide easily across polished tannins, lingering nicely on the deftly balanced finish. Graceful stuff. Drink now through 2017. -HS

Wine Front: Opens a little stinky and charred but there's a good amount of fleshy cherry and plum fruit along with Hunter earth and some vanilla oak. Appropriately firm, but fine tannin, ...

About this Wine: St Hallett Wines sources the shiraz fruit for this wine from throughout the Barossa, from shiraz vineyards ranging in age from 10 years to some that are at least 80 years ...

Wine Spectator: This supple, generous red offers juicy cherry, tobacco and cream flavors, finishing with crisp tannins as the flavors linger effortlessly. Shiraz, Grenache and Mourvèdre. Drin...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The Reserve Shiraz reveals more oak, tannin, and ambition, but I am not convinced it is any better than its less expensive siblings. Although dominated at present by its oak c...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2003 Shiraz Reserve Hubertis exhibits a dense ruby/purple color, plenty of firm tannin, more obvious new oak, but neither the depth of fruit nor concentration of the 2002....

About this Wine: The northern sites of Kalimna and Ebenezer contribute juicy dark berry fruit and rich mocha flavours to the wine while western sites such as Seppeltsfield give Blackwell i...

Wine Spectator: Bright and jazzy, a lively mouthful of red berry, beet and spice aromas and flavors that remain zippy through the polished finish. Drink now through 2014. 200 cases imported. ...

Wine Spectator: Dense and dark in color, with lots of intense flavor but still in proportion, offering blackberry, black cherry and a distinctive twang of floral peach from the Viognier, fini...