2020 Dalwhinnie The Pinnacle Shiraz, Pyrenees

Fabulous wine. Powerful, complex and long. Pure plum into meaty spice into forest berries into fragrant herbs. You can taste the fruit, the soil and the wood, but it all presents as one. And then there's the finish. What a finish. Structured, textural, flavoursome and long. This wine is the complete package.

97 points Campbell Mattinson winecompanion.com.au August 2023

The 2020 The Pinnacle Shiraz is succulent, luscious and mineral. The wine exudes volume and padded fruit weight, without the tailing density and weight that this style can often possess. Planted to the BV12 clone (from Barossa), the Pinnacle block is impressive, as is this wine, which is defined, spicy and superb. There's great release of this wine; it's ripe but absolutely in check.

96 points Erin Larkin robertparker.com

This shows notes of ripe but crunchy dark and blue fruit with peppery spiciness and hints of sandalwood and ash in the background. Wide and encompassing on the palate with medium to full body and fine, velvety tannin structure. Deep and layered fruit character with a steely, mineral freshness and with crushed stones and bitter spices to close. 

95 points jamessuckling.com

The Pinnacle vineyard always produces a darker style of wine that will definitely benefit from ageing but already has the elegance and concentration that Dalwhinnie Shiraz has become famous for over its lifetime.

The ancient Barossa clone and elevation of the site certainly influence the eventual style of the wine which should make it intriguing for any Dalwhinnie enthusiasts. As you would expect this is matured with only the finest French oak from the Allier forest and in medium toast to ensure it imparts a subtle background nuance.

A third of the fruit is whole bunch fermented which produces silky tannins and also results in an exotic nose of dried spices such as cinnamon and cloves.