2020 Dalwhinnie Moonambel Shiraz, Pyrenees

The 2020 Moonambel Shiraz is plush and floral, with saturated layers of red berries and sweet fruit, Earl Grey tea, flowers and sweet bone marrow. It’s expansive and beautiful. I challenge anyone who loves Shiraz/Syrah to not love this wine. It has power without being heavy, delicacy without being light, and there’s a softness of fruit and juiciness of structure. It’s ductile, pliable, agile and good. It was bottled with roughly 14% alcohol (as written on the hand-labelled sample) and sealed under screw cap. I feel that the screw-cap closure will mitigate the effects of the warmer season, as this closure is a brilliant preserver of fresh fruit character.

96 points. Erin Larkin robertparker.com 2024

Strikes a generous pose and colour. There's some pretty smart attractive oak that is a big part of this wine's appeal. It contributes added gravitas, with wide-ranging influences from prominent spice to a toasty, smoky, mocha overlay. The ripe blackberry, plum, aniseed fruit loves it. Mouth-coating and long.

95 points Jeni Port winecompanion.com.au 2022

Dark purple-black. A deep brooding nose full of violets, blood plum and baking spices. The palate is medium bodied yet powerful and expressive with dark fruits and mocha spice. A mouth-coating tannin structure and smoky oak frame this exceptional Pyrenees Shiraz.

Julian Langworthy Winemaker

Julian Langworthy took over the reins as Chief Winemaker for Dalwhinnie in 2020, and along with Viticulturalist Sam Bartlett, has taken the wines to new heights. Regarded as one of the most talented winemakers in Australia, with awards such as the Jimmy Watson Trophy and Winemaker of the Year for Halliday & Ray Jordan, it’s fair to say Dalwhinnie is in very safe hands.