Red Wine from Australia

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 96 points: Deep garnet colored, the 2005 Hillside Shiraz reveals a wonderfully expressive, spicy nose with some notes of game, potpourri, dried cranberries and kirsch. It is a glorious, full-bodied wine packed with complex flavor...

Wine Enthusiast, 96 points: Cellar Selection. If Standish's Relic is the feminine side of Shiraz, this is in a more masculine vein, with slightly coarser tannins and more weight, but still possessing great intensity without any heaviness. Cassis...

James Halliday, 95 points: Rich, fleshy fruit in abundance, but not the least jammy; indeed, borders on outright elegance; good balance and structure.

jamessuckling.com, 95 points: This shows the greatness of the vintage with graphite, stone, oyster shell, blackberry, and licorice. Smoke undertone. Full body yet linear and energetic with a fabulous finish. A stunning wine. Great value for the...

jamessuckling.com, 97 points: This is a linear and beautiful wine as always with currant, floral, mint and wet earth. Graphite. Rust. Metal shavings. Full body, chewy and tight with reserve and intensity. A truly excellent wine. Just a baby. Screw...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 96 points: 96+ Medium to deep garnet-purple in color, the 2012 Ergo Sum Shiraz displays a lovely red berry, raspberry and Bing cherry nose with notes of roses, violets, lavender, wild thyme and pepper. Medium-bodied, tight-knit and...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 95 points: The Block 6 Shiraz comes from centurion vines plated in 1896. The 2006 Block 6 Shiraz has a very deep garnet color going a little brick in the rim and an evolved, earthy / gamey nose with notes of mulberries, dried plums...

Wine Spectator, 93 points: Shows some subtlety, sliding its juicy blackberry and plum fruit through a veil of fine-grained tannins, with pepper and mineral overtones. Has a deft sense of harmony and balance. Best from 2010 through 2016. 2,200 cases...

James Halliday, 97 points: From the four coolest districts of McLaren Vale; matured for 18 months in French barriques (20% new), usual rack and returns. Vivid hue; this is a beautifully weighted and structured, medium-bodied cabernet, showing how...

Wine Spectator, 95 points: Dense, deep and brooding, delivering a complex mouthful of coffee-accented cherry, boysenberry, roasted meat and licorice flavors that meld together harmoniously and extend into the long, expansive finish. Tannins are...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 95 points: D'Arenberg's most famous wine is its flagship The Dead Arm Shiraz. The 2005 The Dead Arm Shiraz is sourced from ancient head-pruned vines. It was aged for 22 months in a mix of new and used French and American oak. It is...

James Halliday, 96 points: Shows exceptional generosity from start to finish, yet retains finesse; the predominantly red fruits positively dance on the back-palate and finish, uninhibited by the fine-grained tannins; stained cork a worry.

jebdunnuck.com, 95 points: (95+) Truly brilliant, the 2009 Two Hands Shiraz 'Barney’s Block' Single Vineyard McMurtrie Road possesses gorgeous aromas of sweet blackberry and raspberry fruit, charcoal, spring flowers, and a serious saline and oyster...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 100 points: Deep garnet colored with a touch of remaining purple at the rim, the 2012 The Laird is one of those wines you could just go on smelling all day. It opens with a complex perfume of kirsch, dried mulberries, blackberry tart...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 95 points: The 2006 Shiraz was barrel-fermented and aged for 14 months in 85% new oak with the barrels 90% American and 10% French. Saturated purple in color it reveals a splendid bouquet of smoke pencil lead bacon grilled meat and...