Paralian Springs Hill Vineyard Shiraz 2022

“We Love Northern Rhone”, Skye Salter told me when tasting through their wines, and it shows, with notes of Charcuterie and coal dust. Otherwise it’s all McLaren Vale. Deep dark fruits, including blackcurrant, not often found in shiraz. Dark cherry, blackberry, violets, savoury spice, fresh compost, cured meats, pink peppercorn, soy, fennel and cardamon. Rich, medium to full bodied, plush and curvaceous with lovely acid cut, delineating the curves, without putting them into a straight jacket. Mineral, the tannins in lockstep with the fruit and the drive is long, the longest in the range and to my mind unquestionably demonstrates the greatness of shiraz in Australia. 2-3 decades of ageing, easy. What a wine, what a bargain. Waters Wine Co

A lustrous crimson. Fine, detailed and succulent boasting riffs on blueberry, white pepper, lilac, nori and cardamon – so finessed to be almost separable, undone across seams of svelte, sandy tannins. This is a glorious shiraz, with the pulp and verve of berries, clusters and foot-trodden tannins finding a glorious confluence of freshness, lilt and effortless length. Crozes-Hermitage from the Vale. 96 points – Ned Goodwin MW, Halliday Wine Companion