Wakefield / Taylors, Clare Valley and McLaren Vale (South Australia) Shiraz 2021

 Leave it to the often-informal Aussies to compose a wine from two different growing regions and then turn out something really special.  Both floral and meaty and peppery and muscular, this successfully melds some of the most appealing characters that can be derived from Shiraz in South Australia into a complex but coherent whole — one that is greater than the sum of its parts.  Although still very young, this is so deftly blended that there’s no reason to wait before cracking into this.  Bloody brilliant.