Sipping Fine Wine

9.7

Blend of 98% Shiraz and 2% Cab Sauv, deep Ruby with aromas of rich fruit, cedar, sweet herbs and pepper notes, for this difficult vintage. On my the palate fruit flavors of expressive raspberry and cherry with notes of vanilla, cedar, licorice and herbal tea. Fine grippy tannins, long finish ending with fruit, cedar and spice. Nice! Tasting Sample! Tried twice! — 9 days ago

Martin Sher

9.4

Aged nicely - in a good place. Dark plummy slightly sweet fruit balanced with some briny olives. I’ll drink pretty much anything John Duval makes. — 3 days ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.3

Often referred to as the “Baby Grange,” ‘16 is a blend of 51% Cab Sauv & 49% Shiraz, aged for 12 months in American oak, partly in previous-vintage Grange casks. Dark Ruby with aromas of ripe black fruits, sweet and complex spice. On the palate juicy blackberry flavors with notes of tobacco, cacao and toasty spices. Well balanced with acidity, fine ripe tannins, long finish ending with smoky spice, fruit and well integrated with oak, drink over next 10 years+, good now, will only get better. — 10 days ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.0

Pale lemon color with aromas of tropical and stone fruit with citrus notes. On the palate flavors of peaches and apple with melon and lemon citrus, lively acidity with notes of vanilla. Medium finish ending with citrus fruit and oaky mineral character. Nice, tasting well now. — 8 days ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.0

Wine includes fruit from Barossa, McLaren Vale, Padthaway, Adelaide and Wrattonbully vineyards. Deep Ruby with aromas of dark berry fruits with earthy spice. On the palate ripe blackberry, plum and dried cherry flavors with cacao, espresso and black pepper. Fine ripe tannins, well balanced with acidity, long finish ending with fruit and spice, very nice! Drinking well now! — 10 days ago

Bob McDonald

9.0

See several previous tasting notes for this wine. This was made back in the day when Hunter Valley reds had strayed from their medium bodied, savoury, sweaty saddle origins to being riper and more full bodied like a South Australian Red. This was declared in a speech by Chief Winemaker at the time, Jim Chatto, at a dinner I attended at the winery. Also plenty of oak still evident at 15 years of age. I prefer the original Hunter Valley style which Mount Pleasant has wisely reverted to utilising the wonderful old vine fruit at its disposal. — 15 days ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.0

Bin 128 is from the famous cool climate terra rossa soils of Coonawarra. Deep Ruby with aromas of ripe dark berry fruit and rich spice. On the palate flavors of blackberry, black cherry and ripe plum with notes of cacao, vanilla and slight citrus. Fine tannins, well balanced with lively acidity, long finish ending with fruit, earthy tones and sweet spice. Good now will also improve over next 3-5 years. Tasting Sample! — 10 days ago

Stefan Dolhain

9.0

2020 vintage. MV Shiraz. MV stands for both Mc Laren Vale and Multiple Vineyards, as this is a 100% Shiraz blend from 4 of the 6 biodynamically farmed Paxton estates. All parcels were vinified seperately, aged in French oak and blended prior to bottling. Intense perfume of blackberries and subtle spices with a hint of eucalyptus. Fresh, energetic and balanced with very good spicy length. Abv. 14%. — 13 days ago

Ted Corvey

9.1

Think aged Shiraz is underrated. This really hit the spot. Showed really well with a surprising amount of fruit left and was a delicious bottle. — 7 days ago

Angelo Casagrande

8.9

Not overly extracted or syrupy, and not overly oaky. Good Shiraz in a style I like. I’d buy this again. — 21 days ago