Wolf Blass Platinum Label Shiraz 2003 has been judged as the World's Greatest Shiraz, in Winestates inaugural World's Greatest Shiraz Challenge. Winestate, with the help of ten prominent judges, evaluated over 400 Shiraz and Shiraz-dominant blends in blind tastings to decide the best wines in various price categories, choosing an ultimate grand champion, the World's Greatest Shiraz. Caroline Dunn, Wolf Blass Senior Winemaker, said the wine shines as a result of careful fruit selection, given the challenging 2003 vintage.

Wolf Blass Grey was originally produced exclusively from Langhorne Creek Cabernet Sauvignon. The region is renowned for its alluvial soil which produces sensational Cabernet wines. 1995 was one of the driest vintages in South Australia for many years, resulting in Cabernet Sauvignon of intense varietal characters. Deep and entrancing with concentrated and minty menthol dark tarry fruits, lavishly treated with smoky, creamy and treacle oak, showing excellent varietal berry characters, there are ample nuances of cassis, curranty and violet undertones.

A very highly rated year, from a cracker of a growing season across South Australia, especially for the pure varietals. A dry and cool stretch throughout the vintage lead to generously flavoured Cabernet berries which ripened long and perfect in the favourable Indian summer. Typically redolent with peppermint and eucalypt, heady berry fruit aromas, all the trademarks and fragrances which identify good Langhorne Creek Cabernet, the palate is full bodied with exceptional fruit flavours, pearly oak, and a refined finish.

Langhorne Creek is renowned for its deep, rich soil, which produces Cabernet wines of great richness and enormous depth of flavour. This superlative Cabernet growing district is renowned for rich soils, which drives the development of powerful characters in the local fruit. Wolf Blass was blessed with an extended Indian summer for it's source vineyards, the combination of a cooler vintage and late, warm ripening conditions lead to Langhorne Creek Cabernet Sauvignon which really was the pick of the pick for reds that year.

Grey Label has always been produced from the best Cabernet Sauvignon that Wolf Blass can source, from the finest vineyards in Langhorne Creek. Grey Label is a very special member of the Wolf Blass wine family. Apart from being the founder's favourite wine, it was the first to carry his name when released in 1967. This legendary wine is conspicuous for it's regional eucalypt and mint characters, savoury tannins and generous, black cherry flavoured palate. Grey Label traditionally mates well with chargilled, braised or roasted red meats.

Black Label is nothing if not majestic, it's place in the annals of Australian folklore crystallized after it became synonymous with the Jimmy Watson trophy.

Distinguished Langtons Classification. An international icon, very limited quantities are ever made. Black Label represents the zenith of the enduring Aussie Shiraz Cabernet style, established in the 1960s by industry legends Wolf Blass and John Glaetzer. The philosophy which drives the Wolf Blass team is to make the finest red wine from the highest quality fruit of vintage. Rigorous site selection and superior viticulture are essential to this timeless construct of super premium Shiraz Cabernet, an articulate exemplar of the elegance and power which define Wolf Blass.

Wolf Blass proudly commemorates a thirty year milestone with the Black Label Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon Malbec. Wolf Blass Black Label has been the forerunner of the modern Australian wine style, and builds on the elements and philosophies developed in the 1960s by winemakers Wolf Blass and John Glaetzer. An exhausting series of wine trials by Chris Hatcher and Caroline Dunn, has seen the Black Label undergo a transition from a heavier American oaked wine style to a refined oak palate with solid fruit concentration.

From the exceptional 1991 vintage, this smooth and elegant edition is a blend of 75% Cabernet Sauvignon and 25% Shiraz, sourced from McLaren Vale, Coonawarra and Clare Valley. The bouquet has the typical Black Label intensity of rich chocolate, mint and fruit aromas complexed by vanilla oak. Plump and hedonistic, full bodied and intense with blackberry fruits, integrated wood and incredible warmth, this sumptuous and historic wine sits ready to drink alongside succulent, slowly braised meats in rich wine-based sauces.

RSW is an acronym for Robert Strangways Wigley. He learned his craft during a tenure at Bankside under the tutelage of Thomas Hardy, who claimed to have never known anyone that worked harder than Wigley. RSW's wild pranks as a young man made him somewhat of an embarrassment to his family. In 1893 he was pointedly sent to rusticate in McLaren Vale where he undertook the planting of vines in 1894. By the turn of the century he was proprietor of the most eminent winemaking operation in the district, with a hundred acres under vine.

From time to time, Wirra Wirra produces wines from very small parcels of extremely intense, high quality fruit. Chook Block is a unique wine which is only assembled in the most outstanding vintages, pointedly one year in four. It is not made to a particular style, winemaking is purely, in a custodial sense, attempting to reflect the remarkable quality of Chook Block Vineyard Shiraz in exceptional years. Bunches are all picked by hand and treated to the highest scrutiny, removing any fruit that is not of the highest order before inclusion.

Wirra Wirra International Red Winemaker of the Year at the prestigious 2007 International Wine Challenge Awards Dinner in London. The 2004 vintage Angelus was awarded three Trophies, including Best International Cabernet Sauvignon. An enormous achievement, Wirra Wirra was the only Australian winery to be short-listed for the accolade and beat off stiff international competition. Namesake Chateau Angelus Bordeaux, takes particular exception to the Wirra Wirra wine, labeled as Dead Ringer Cabernet outside of Australia.

Robert Strangways Wigley was an eccentric South Australian cricketer who established Wirra Wirra in 1894. He produced a highly prized Shiraz which was exported to England and the Empire until he passed away in 1925. The cellars fell into disuse after the 1936 vintage and remained inoperable until Greg and Roger Trott rebuilt the ironstone winery by hand in 1969. Tradition has it that the ¾ tonne Angelus bell which sits atop Wirra Wirra was rung thrice daily from the Jesuit Church at Norwood, calling the faithful to prayer.

From some of the oldest Grenache vines in McLaren Vale, picked by hand at maximal ripeness, gently crushed and destemmed into open fermenters, a portion of whole bunches are included for complexity. A fortnight of ferments are hand plunged and pumped over for optimal extractions. Batches are pressed for malolactic and filled to seasoned French oak puncheons for nine months maturation. Heady and lifted, liqueur cherry and wild raspberry, asian spice, ginger, red licorice and rose petal, all framed by lithe, sandy tannins, a generous, graceful Grenache.

A small Barossa site was planted to Shiraz vines and named Bonesetter Block in the 1960s. Peter Scholz selects choice parcels of fruit from this mature vineyard, carefully handling the wine before ageing in tightly grained French oak hogsheads for a little more than two years. Bonesetter exhibits the most voluptuous palate, great richness and solid structure, intense and powerful ripe fruit characters as supported by splendid tannins and stylish savoury oak. A multi layered powerhouse of a wine that will reward all lovers of grand Barossa Shiraz.

A flagship Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon which claims distinguished national and international accolades with every vintage. The Watershed label was designed by Roland Butcher and incorporates a purple room with a four paned window on the wall. Green vines can be seen looking out of the window, the main focus is a ray of light streaming through the glass and diffusing across the floor, symbolizing a human being's stream of consciousness, a creative but almost uncontrollable thought process, spurred on by small inspirations, an Awakening.

Watershed's superior vineyards span across an immense area of the choicest soils on Margaret River, the best eighty hectares were established from the ground up, with a view to vintage the most spectacular wines in the Australian west, the finest parcels of estate grown Cabernet Sauvignon are assembled for the Awakening.

Wantirna Vineyard is a never ending journey of enchantment and surprise. Reg and Maryann Egan honed their practical skills amongst the small estates of Burgundy and Bordeaux. Vines are all dry farmed and the roots dig deep into the clay soils, searching for any available moisture. At times vigor and energy are needed, at times all that's required is patience. Established 1963, it was one of the first new generation Yarra Valley vineyards, the earliest plantings included an unclassified tally of arcane varietals and clones, many remain largely unknown.

The Egans spent many vintages amongst the first growths of Burgundy and Bordeaux, before establishing the illustrious vineyards at Wantirna. Inspired by the sublime excellence of Chateau Cheval Blanc, the Egans molly coddled a precious block of Merlot and Cabernet Franc, with a view to emulating the sublime excellence of the great Crus from St Emilion. Crafted from the fruit of the original estate plantings, treated to the luxury of a completely new Dargaud et Jaeglé oak barrique, a mere twenty dozen bottles are made each year.

Excellent Langtons Classification. Whilst the cepage of fruit to Amelia may be different each year, a backbone of two thirds Cabernet Sauvignon dominates, a third of Merlot and Cabernet Franc ensues, followed by a soupçon Petit Verdot. Favouring the slow ripening of a long growing season, Petit Verdot grapes are always last to be harvested, usually in mid April. It is the the quietly spoken measure of of Petit Verdot which contributes structure, fine firm tannins and good natural acidity, fully approachable while young, she will age beautifully for more than fifteen years.

A significant early release of a small batch, single vineyard Pinot Noir, grown to the fully fertile soils of a beef and lamb stud under the brisk temperate climes of Gippsland South. Several decades of animal husbandry have set the scene for a fully auspicious terroir, predisposed for minimal yields of an engagingly complex, garrulously pastoral style of Pinot wine. Spices, sen sen and stalk, the piquancy of pectins, its exciting sasafras oak tannins in undulating support, all the way to the end of the rainbow, a very cherry, peacok's tail of ripe, Gippsland fruit.

Voyager are all about hard work in the vineyard rather than improving the quality of harvest through clever winemaking. Traditional techniques are essential to crafting great wines but the basic principles most common to the world's most memorable vintages are all about what goes on in the vineyard. The highest standards of husbandry and a minimal intervention remain cardinal. A wonderfully aromatic wine, redolent of violets and cassis, the fragrant ripeness of dark bramble berries. High quality French oak for definition and soft tannin structure. The artful articulation of Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon.

Excellent Langtons Classification. Voyager Estate began life as Freycinet, the inaugural vines were established 1978, they are now into their fourth decade and yield vintages of the most intensely flavoured Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon. Voyager's odyssey remains the same, to make the best possible wine out of the most exquisite harvests in all Margaret River. The character and eloquence are ultimately defined in the vineyard, each vine is treated as an individual, every grape is examined before inclusion, excellence is uncompromising.

Everything at Voyager Estate is done with reverence for the land, mother nature rewards those best who treat her endowments with respect. The viticulture is completely natural and fully organic, a compact has been made with the vines to provide the highest standards of nurture and care, in exchange for a harvest of the most exceptional quality. An illustrious regional icon which defines the lofty Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon style, Voyager is distinguished by its compelling presence of fruit, limousine oak and stately tannins.

Established 1968 by the legendary Melbourne restaurateur Tom Lazar, Virgin Hills is the gem of the Macedon Ranges, one of Australia's iconic vineyards. He planted Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz, Malbec, Merlot and Pinot Noir, with a view to creating an Australian first growth to rival the great Bordeaux he had grown to love while working as a sculptor in Paris. Only one wine is bottled under the Virgin Hills label each year. From inaugural release, the cepage of varietals has varied subtly each vintage, adding to the mystique and complexity of Virgin Hills.

An elite block of Pinot Noir at Rutherford Vineyard, nestled within the gently north facing foothills of Ben Morven Valley in the Southern Marlborough Clays. Crafted to minimalist handling techniques, a beguilingly eloquent style of Pinot Noir defined by its outstanding purity and finesse. Seductive perfumes of ripe red apple, violets and lithe, fragrant spice over an expansive Pinot palate layered with bright fresh fruit flavours, supported by supple tannins and delicate background oak, a lengthy, exquisitely balanced, immaculate, satin sheen finish.

Attorney Vineyard is planted to a north facing block on the dry eastern foothills of Wairau Valley. Fully Biogro certified organic since 2012, its deep clay soils receive minimal rainfall yet offer the perfect microclimes for organic farming. The superb harvests of Attorney Vineyard are distinctive for their tiny, thick skinned berries, fortuitously yielding dark intense wines of fine structure and bold tannins. Heady bouquets, coffee bean, blackberries and black olive, layers of savoury flavours, cardamom and clove, length of liquorice before a juicy blackcurrant finish.

Bodegas Vega Sicilia came into prominence after significant prize wins at the 1929 Barcelona World Fair. Today, the wines of Vega Sicilia are feted by the international industry press for their complexity, intensity and longevity, amongst the finest in the world.

Vega Sicila Valbuena was inaugurally vintaged in 1915, crafted in the style of the Rioja wines of the day, treated to an extended ageing in oaken vats and bottled to order. The first editions were distributed amongst the upper classes and bourgeoisie, but not for commercial purposes. Originally planned as a gift to friends of Vega Sicilia, Valbuena has since become an icon wine and national treasure.

The history of Bodegas Vega Sicilia began in 1848, when Toribio Lecanda bought a 2,000 hectare property from the Marquis of Valbuena. In 1864, Eloy Lecanda established the wineworks which epitomise the romance of Tempranillo. Vega Sicilia continue to deliver concentrated and elegant wines.

The inhospitable uplands of Ribera del Duero are ideal for viticulture, parched rocky soils and frigid climes compel the rugged vines to extract maximum nourishment and yield harvests of reduced berries, endowed with extraordinary intensity and lined with muscular tannins. Vega Sicilia was established 1864 with a view to emulating the great growths of Bordeaux. Merlot and Malbec performed well but it was the native Tempranillo which offered the masculinity and dominance of character to formulate the backbone of a wine, offering powerful fruit and profound, statuesque structure.

Vega Sicila Valbuena was inaugurally vintaged in 1915, crafted in the style of the Rioja wines of the day, treated to an extended ageing in oaken vats and bottled to order. The first editions were distributed amongst the upper classes and bourgeoisie, but not for commercial purposes. Originally planned as a gift to friends of Vega Sicilia, Valbuena has since become an icon wine and national treasure.

The history of Bodegas Vega Sicilia began in 1848, when Toribio Lecanda bought a 2,000 hectare property from the Marquis of Valbuena. In 1864, Eloy Lecanda established the wineworks which epitomise the romance of Tempranillo. Vega Sicilia continue to deliver concentrated and elegant wines.