It’s easy to be a fan of Mike Press’ Adelaide Hills Shiraz - bargains rarely come much better. It’s not just some opportunistic prey-on-the-misfortune-of-others gambit either; it’s the wine of real people, farming their own land, making their own wine.

I reckon this is the best Mike Press Shiraz so far. Fresh, bright, boysenberried fruit laced with saucy, spicy oak. It feels modern and old-fashioned at once. Its acidity is lively, its tannin fine and ripe, its finish satisfying. It’s seductive and textural and while it gets you in from the first sip - it evolves nicely in the glass too. Buy it for the quality; treat the price as a bonus. Rated : 93 Points; Alcohol : 14%; Price : $12.50; Closure : Screwcap; Drink : 2011 - 2017; By Campbell Mattinson; The Wine Front

This is where it's at. Introducing the best Mike Press Shiraz since 2006. This wine has the longevity of 2007 (which will be among the longest lived Mike Press wines), the body and weight of the 2005 and the restrained oak of the 2006. This is Mike Press at his most cool, calm and poised, toward the lower end of the alcohol scale (hooray and hoorah!) and with all the freshness and vitality that goes with this. A core of black plum and dark chocolate fruit swirls with mixed spice and pepper, held taut by a seamless ribbon of fine, fresh acidity and beautifully fine, supple, textural tannins. Do not touch it for two years, preferably five, but it will be a decade or two before it really comes into its own, at which time it will rightly take its place among the great vintages of Mike Press Shiraz. 94 points Tyson Stelzer