Welcome to this producer’s flagship wine. All parents say they don’t have a favourite child, but we’re pretty sure this would be the one for our star McLaren Vale producer. Picking the premium, low-yielding fruit from their vineyards, they’ve succeeded in creating a magnificently concentrated wine. There’s some parcels of fruit that go into American oak, and some in French. Some new and some old. It hits all the notes and comes together in a symphony of black and blue fruits. C’mon, those scores from the experts really speak for themselves on this one. But if we were to give you a short review from our team, it’d be this: don’t pass on the opportunity to get this in your glass.

The Barossa Valley is home to quite a few multi-generational wine families. There are legacies as far as the eye can see, stretching across the Barossa plains and rooted as deep as the oldest vineyards. The Aulds are one such family, with the current generation Sam and Jock paying tribute to their lineage who were planting Australian vineyards in the mid 1800's. They know quality when they see it, and they never fail to hit the mark. We guarantee, one sip of the Ernie shiraz and you won't be looking back.

Genuinely one of the best value wines that we stock. Big and bold, as you'd expect from any self respecting Barossan, but there's a prettiness and elegance to this wine that elevates it above its contemporaries. If you're after bang for your buck, look no further. A generous and inviting bouquet of violets, boysenberry and cherry crumble meet the nose and might have you thinking you've got a lighter style of shiraz on your hands. Well, that couldn't be further from the truth. On the palate it's a little darker, plum, anise and choc liquorice with prominent, but well-integrated, toasty vanillin oak. Sure this is a full bodied wine, but when we tried this one on the tasting bench the two words that kept coming up were 'smooth' and 'pretty'.