The Thing is the flagship at Sorby Adams where Simon Sorby Adams’ mastery of winemaking, oak and region truly shines.<br>Sourced from low yielding hand pruned Barossa Shiraz vineyards dating back to the 1930s, these ‘survivor’ vines have incredible quality and structure.<br>Its blend of 80% Eden Valley and 20% Barossa Valley fruit seamlessly combines to create a wine with elegance and power, and impeccable ageing potential.<br>Spending 40 months in four year, air dried fine grain French oak provides sophisticated structure and tannins, whilst retaining fruit complexity and richness.<br>A Barossa Super 100 Classification II wine.<br>Colour: Deep inky magenta with a purple hue.<br>Aroma: This is magnificently fruited and gloriously expressed on the nose showing blackberry, spiced plum, chocolate tart, cake spice and cedar characters.<br>Palate: A sumptuous palate that is opulent and impressively weighted. The wine is powerfully graceful with a seamless flow to an impressively long engaging finish.<br>Oak: 40-mths in superior 4-year air dried French oak, tight grain, from Francois Frere and Taransaud Coopers.<br>Cellar: to 2039.<br>Try with grass-fed, Wagyu beef or well matured hard sheep cheeses - a wine that deserves only the best.<br>The Thing is a Super 100 Barossa Classification II wine; a marque that demonstrates our commitment to ongoing excellence in crafting a wine of prestige, pedigree and rarity.<br>97 points, “Outstanding depth... Symphonic”, Sam Kim Wine Orbit<br>97 points, “Delicious...I loved it.”, Ken Gargett WinePilot<br>97 points, “A powerhouse wine”, Ray Jordan WinePilot<br>96 points, “Decadent stuff, 5-Stars”, Huon Hooke, The Real Review<br>95 points, Mike Bennie, WBM Magazine<br>95 points, “Deserves nothing but praise!”, Steve Leszczynski, QWine

Yarra Yering is not only a Victorian icon, but a true Australian wine treasure. The Underhill Shiraz is sourced exclusively from the 1974 planted block of Shiraz at the western-most extremity of the vineyard. Drawn from soils with a higher clay base which has resulted in a wine of a more masculine bent offering darker fruits and spice with chewier tannins and a savoury undertone.

This hand made wine is both complex and rewarding having no filtration prior to bottling to preserve the rich plum and spicy fruit flavours. All fruit was estate grown and sourced from low yielding, hand pruned and picked vines.

The bouquet and palate show an intense mixture of ripe berry fruits combined with vanilla and spice overtones whilst fine grained, integrated tannins add further complexity. The prestigious USA Wine & Spirit magazine selected our 1860 vines plantings as one of the 25 great vineyards of the world further reinforcing the priceless inheritance of these unique releases.

Two Hands Ares Shiraz is a wine that showcases the very best parcel selection that Michael Twelftree and Richard Mintz can get their 'Two Hands' on. A wonderfully powerful, rich and dense Shiraz from the Barossa Valley, the Ares Shiraz is matured in 100% French Oak, not a common practice in the Barossa. With the full-bodied nature of the wine, the extra bottle age makes the Ares Shiraz a perfect bottle to open now.

Small parcels of fruit from old dry grown vines are selected for their intensity of flavour and individual qualities. Complex and concentrated this classic Barossan will continue to develop for a decade at least.

Australia's oldest family owned winery, Yalumba produce a quintessential Barossa Shiraz here with the Octavius. Refined and elegant, its full of incredible fruit complexity that never looks over-ripe or jammy. A true Australian classic.

With plenty of blackberry, plum, mulberry and menthol-like fruit and fine, rusty, almost unyielding tannins, this is a strong, firm wine by Wendouree with plenty of lasting power. The Shiraz component derives from vineyard plots that include bush vine material. Parcels of very old vine Malbec bring further distinctiveness. The wine is vinified in open fermenters and matured for 12 months in new and used French oak.

Penfolds RWT Shiraz is a big juicy Barossan Shiraz refined by the use of older French oak barrels. 1998 is considered to be one of the classic vintages of the modern age. Drinking wonderfully now but with many years still to come in its development, this is a great addition to any cellar.

One of the benchmarks of Barossa Shiraz, Peter Lehmann's Stonewell is a classic example of the rich concentrated old vine style. While bold on the palate, there is always an inherent complexity to the Stonewell that enables it to be compared with all of the great Australian wines produced today.