Lone Star Creek Vineyard is a well-established vineyard in the Upper Yarra Valley in Victoria. Franco D’Anna (winemaker at Hoddles Creek Estate), is the winemaker express the unique character of the vineyard with minimal intervention in the winery.

Talk about value. The power and style on offer here is far beyond what you’d normally expect at $20. It’s a wine of real presence, real intensity, with strong fruit, acid, texture and woodsmoke characters combining to excellent effect. It needs a little ore time in bottle, just a few months would be good, but there’s no doubt over this wine’s quality. Tasted: Jul 2020; Alcohol: 12.5%; Price: $20; Closure: Screwcap; Drink: 2021-2024; Rated: 93+ Points; Campbell Mattinson; The Wine Front