Best’s Bin No. 0 Shiraz 2019

Deep red/purple colour, with aromas of mixed spices with pepper and clove uppermost, dark chocolate too, some sweet eucalypt-forest touches and deeply-buried dark plum and blackberry. Brown spices galore. It’s rich and concentrated in the mouth, not a blockbuster but cetrainly very full-bodied, yet balanced and supple in its mouth-feel. Oak makes a subtle contribution. A long finish and very ageworthy. Drink date: 2022-2044. Ranked #3 of 24 in therealreview.com’s 2019 Shiraz from Grampians competition. Score – 96. (Huon Hooke, therealreview.com, Jan. 15, 2022)