This is the sort of wine that Australian vintners can rely upon to win new friends and retrieve ones lost in recent years. Dark, dense and deep in flavors, but neither grapey nor obvious, this packs a lot of punch based on fruit intensity, without any excessive oak getting in the way. Very well done. A Platinum Award winner at the 2017 San Diego Challenge International Wine & Spirits Competition.
Heirloom Vineyards, Barossa Valley (South Australia) Shiraz 2015
By Michael Franz