2020 Rymill Classic Shiraz, Coonawarra

Deep ruby hue. Ripe blueberry, bitumen and star anise on the nose. The palate is powerful and weighty but not overbearing. Black and blue fruits sit centrally, with bitumen, salty biltong and black-spice notes ebbing and flowing. Rolled-gravel tannins are firm but harmonious, running to a very long finish where smoked-meat savouriness lingers. Drink to 2039.

93 points Stuart Knox for The Real Review, December 2025

Matured 24 months in 30% new oak, mostly French but with a couple of American barrels. Raspberry, saltbush and sweet cherry flavours are tempered by toasty oak and graphite-like notes. This is a medium-weight wine but the warmth of the finish has it itching to come across as bigger or more substantial than that. The flavours are both fresh and ripe, and it flows well. Drink to 2032.

92 points Campbell Mattinson for Halliday Wine Companion, June 2023

Rymill is a prominent Coonawarra estate established in 1974 by fifth-generation local farmers Peter and Judy Rymill. Today, the certified sustainable business operates under the ownership of China-based Landbridge, with all wines are made from estate grown fruit.

The estate’s substantial 140 hectares of vines are all planted on the region’s terra rossa. Cabernet Sauvignon leads the way with over 50% of the vineyard blocks, complemented with Shiraz, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot and Pinot Meunier, as well as smaller amounts of Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc and Gewürztraminer.

The fruit for this wine was de-stemmed and fermented in both open and closed fermenters and the wine aged in a combination of French and American oak hogsheads.