2016 Paringa Estate Shiraz, Mornington Peninsula

Deep red/purple colour. The aroma is smoky, toasty and has a smoked charcuterie aspect. The wine is softly tannic and fleshy, the palate well-concentrated and deep, with a lot of heft and weight and chew. A slightly chunky wine with masses of flavour and grip. It promises to be long term.

93 points Huon Hooke therealreview.com

This is a wine style which often confuses people, but as more and more wine lovers taste this otherworldly-shaped wine they all fall for its charms. With pepper spice, a decent amount off new oak (28% new French for 18 months), and a dark, inky colour one might consider that this all, so far, makes sense. But then add to it a fruit texture that is only ever associated with Pinot Noir and a flavour which tastes like an Hermitage made from Vosne-Romanée fruit and you can imagine the confusion. Let me tell you that this is an experience that you do not want to miss though, because this is a wine like no other and it has never failed to gain immense scores in my notes.

95 points Matthew Jukes Top 100 Australian Wines