What is immediately impressive here is the way the fruit still sits right at the fore. It's a summer berry mix with blueberry and plum leading the way - classic McLaren Vale in every way. Lifted and punchy acidity gives the wine youthful zeal and a lot of promise for the future still. There's a little bit of a savoury green, grassy note that provides an all important to the freshness of the fruit profile. Powerful to be sure – it has a rich, dense core. There's menthol and eucalypt on the periphery. This is a really special wine and a study in what aged wine can and should look like. If ever I needed to convert someone to the nuance, intricacy, and sheer other-worldly enjoyment of aged reds, this is what I would reach for.

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.

Made by the grape master Matt Head (who you might also know from the cult favourite Big Easy Radio) whose creative and level-headed approach to life results in wines with spirit and soul. This parcel has been safeguarded under the Parous label, just waiting for its time and loving home to go to. It must be your lucky day mofo, because they've found it with you. It's powerful, but not overwhelming; the perfect choice to keep you entertained from weeknights to the weekend.