The Burge Family Winemaking tradition first started in the late 1860s with John Burge, who migrated to South Australia from Wiltshire (UK) in 1855. By the turn of the century, production ceased and all equipment was sold by John’s son Meshach, and it wasn’t until 1928 that John’s grandson ‘Percival’ recommenced winemaking. 

This Draycott Reserve Shiraz is a selection of only the best barrels from our oldest blocks of Shiraz. Additionally, the wine is only released in the great vintages. All the fruit from the Burge Family Estate is hand-picked ensuring the fruit is in pristine condition when it reaches the winery. Time honoured, small batch winemaking techniques are employed, with wild fermentation encouraged, as well as extended time on skins. The wine was matured in a mix of new French and American hogsheads to impart complementary cedary notes and add complexity. The wine naturally clarified, so no bottling filtration was required. The wine was bottled after being in oak for 30 months.

Under cork, this wine is a barrel selection from the estate's oldest blocks of Shiraz. It is restricted to those vintages considered worthy. Maturation is for two and a half years in a mix of new French and American oak hogsheads. An inky opaque maroon, the nose reveals notes of blackberries, plums, mocha, soy, cedar, tobacco leaves, truffles, cassis and chocolate. The oak integration has been deftly handled and the wine has superb balance and great length. Intensity runs for the full journey, along with a line of bright acidity, finishing with the silkiest of tannins. Stunning stuff. Drink 2025-2045; Price: $150.00; Rating: 97 Points; Ken Gargett

A sumptuous offering with sophistication and refinement, the seductive bouquet shows dark fruit intensity, warm spice, charcuterie, toasty oak, and mocha characters. The palate is opulent and plush with outstanding depth and richness, wonderfully complemented by layers of chalky tannins, making it firmly structured with an impressively long, graceful finish. At its best: now to 2042. Date: Sept 2025; Price: $150.00; Rating: 97 Points; Wine Orbit