The finish displays lifted aromas of ripe red fruits, dark chocolate and a hint of spice. The palate is rich and intense, with upfront flavours of dark plums, blackcurrant and blackberry, combining perfectly with subtle oak flavours and smooth tannins. Makes for the perfect gift.

Perfumed, complex and inviting, the bouquet shows Black Doris plum, blueberry compote, violet, thyme and roasted nut characters with subtle black olive notes. The palate delivers excellent fruit concentration and weight, wonderfully complemented by plush mouthfeel and fleshy texture, finishing superbly long and silky.

The Wolf Blass Grey Label Shiraz is an opulent concentrated and complex style with plenty of spicy fruit and a dash of chocolate. True to the style that Wolf himself made from the very beginning of this now iconic brand, this is very tasty and enjoyable now yet it has the weight and complexity to improve with cellaring.

Palladium Watchman Shiraz is a robust Margaret River Shiraz which exhibits black pepper characters complemented by the abundance of ripe plum and raspberry aromas.

When it comes to Shiraz it's hard to go past McLaren Vale & Ingoldby. This firm customer favourite from Ingoldby has an enticing nose of dark summer berry and subtle melted chocolate. The palate is rich and round with purple fruits with supple tannins to give it power and finesse. Sure to make everybody happy at this price.

Earthworks celebrates the toil and persistence of the founding generation of winemakers and viticulturists from the Barossa. The new Succession range, observes the importance of lineage, custodianship and community. This wine reveals dark ruby and magenta on the eye. A nose of vanilla infused blackberry and raspberry compote leads into hints of biscuit dough, star anise, ripe plum and smoked Cajun spice. On the palate the wine is moreish, decadent and rewarding with plush milk choc, blood plum and soft silky tannins.

Produced from premium vineyards around South Australia, Penfolds Koonunga Hill is a great value Shiraz packed with flavours and well balanced. Enjoy now or suitable for short term cellaring.

This best-of-vintage Shiraz from Wynns Coonawarra Estate is produced with grapes of extraordinarily high quality. It's great value whether you drink it now or cellar on the short term.

De Bortoli's Windy Peak Shiraz is one of the best value wines on the market. This award-winning Heathcote Shiraz is spicy, savoury and sips more like a $20+ wine. Medium Bodied and delightfully dark with fragrant fruit cake flavours and fine grained tannins brooding in every glass.

First made in 1959, Penfolds Kalimna Shiraz is an icon in the field of warm-climate Shiraz. Always ripe, robust and generously flavoured. The Bin 28 is named after the Kalimna vineyard that was purchased back in 1945 and from which the original fruit was sourced from. Today, the Bin 28 is a great example of the Penfolds dedication to multi-region, multi-vineyard blending. The Barossa Valley will always remain an integral part of the Bin 28 blend providing rich, vibrant primary fruit flavours.

ark Richardson, red specialist at Tyrrell’s calls Heathcote “undoubtedly Australia’s most exciting new red wine producing region.” Buying up vineyards here was the brainchild of Bruce Tyrrell – and it has yielded a red that wins huge numbers of loyal fans every year.