“Fortified” is an alternative name for a “Port” style wine. Woodstock Old Fortified has an average age of about 13 years. Wine industry pioneer and Woodstock’s founding father, Doug Collett made McLaren Vale Grenache and Shiraz fortifieds in the 1960’s and 1970’s. He aged them in old Brandy barrels for future generations. Today, his son Scott Collett, continues the fortified tradition at Woodstock with this fine example of an Australian style ‘Tawny Port’.

Wild & Free - Natural fermention, nothing added to ferments - natural yeasts only, slow natural ferments create pure expressions of flavour from our Vineyards in the elevated mountains along the Torrens Gorge, Mt Bera.

From the historic McBain Road vineyards in northern Coonawarra comes a wine that captures the purity and balance of a classic Coonawarra blend. Cabernet Sauvignon (57%) brings fine structure and cool climate definition, while Shiraz (43%) contributes plush, generous fruit that fills the palate without ever tipping beyond a harmonious medium body. The result is a wine with expressive aromatics, a silky mid palate and a long, seamless finish.

Xanadu Malbec is a vibrant expression of this noble variety, shaped by Margaret River’s long, mild ripening season and maritime influence. Crafted in limited quantities from carefully selected vineyard parcels, it showcases both richness and refinement. Deep crimson with purple hues, the wine opens with seductive aromas of ripe blueberry, blackberry and violet, layered with subtle notes of dark chocolate, graphite and spice. The palate is plush and full‑bodied, revealing concentrated flavours of black plum, mulberry and inky forest fruits. Fine, dense tannins provide structure and balance, carrying the fruit through to a long, savoury finish. Approachable in its youth yet built with cellaring potential, this Malbec is a confident, modern red that highlights Xanadu’s philosophy of letting the vineyard speak first.

“Maturation in French and American oak... an opaque wine, powerful and loaded with as much saturated dark fruit and coffee fl avours as it is brooding, finishing with dried tobacco and forceful, ferruginous tannins. There is nothing jammy about this. Palate-staining and brimming with personality. 95 points” (James Halliday).

Red wine artisan, Marco Cirillo, has produced a single vineyard Shiraz with as minimal intervention as possible. Using 90% whole berry and 10% whole bunch as well as natural yeast fermentation without fining or filtering, this Shiraz screams of its terroir. Expressive fruit up front of plums and red berries with small waft of leafy characters. The palate dances across the tongue without hindrance from over use of oak and is a supreme wine for the price.

Beresford pride themselves on passionately capturing the pure varietal expression and the essence of their terrior to deliver a Shiraz of timeless elegance and muscular complexity. Quintessentially McLaren Vale, the wine has a rich, full palate brimming with dark berry fruits, coffee and spice characteristics finishing with soft, lengthy tannins. A cracking wine of great substance and exceptional balance.

Pirramimma Shiraz is full-fruited and powerful, with sweet plum and mocha along with cinnamon notes and dark chocolate which are all typical regional characters of McLaren Vale.

Leconfield regularly produce fine full flavoured Shiraz. This release from McLaren Vale shows spicy berry-like varietal character with some minty-chocolately regional hints balanced tannins and well judged oak.

Young guns in the Margaret River scene, Amelia Park actually source their fruit for the Shiraz from Frankland River in the Great Southern wine region. This allows them to produce a Shiraz that has all the fruit hallmarks of Shiraz with a fine structure made famous by region. Lusciously ripe along with an ethereal length, Amelia Park Shiraz ticks all the boxes.