Ordinarily, we would be fortunate enough to feature one or two 97 Point rated Shiraz's each year, especially given that on almost all occasions, said wines are made in miniscule amounts, almost always a few hundred cases at best and almost always they aren't cheap. What we have here is the StarDozen: 97 Point Shiraz Collection, featuring 3 bottles each from 4 renowned producers. All wines rating 97 Points from Australia's leading wine critics and all significantly below their retail price. This is a rare and extremely limited opportunity.

The StarDozen consists of the following:

3 bottles       Seppelt St Peters Shiraz 2018
3 bottles       Paralian Springs Hill Vineyard Shiraz 2024
3 bottles       Orlando Centenary Hill Shiraz 2016
3 bottles       Mewstone Hughes & Hughes Single Clone Syrah 2022

Seppelt St Peters Shiraz 2018
Some, if not all, of this wine comes from the vineyard adjacent to the winery. Small batch open ferments facilitated gentle plunging, matured for 14 months in a combination of small and large format French oak. The vintage wasn't a great one, but the wine is. Drink to: 2048; Price: $80.00; Date Tasted: Feb 2020; Alcohol: 14%; Rating: 97 Points & Special Value Star; James Halliday Wine Companion

Paralian Springs Hill Vineyard Shiraz 2024
From '75 and '98 plantings on the Springs Hill vineyard. The '24 Paralian suite, for me, is the finest to date. All killer, as they say … The quiet power in this is something to behold – a wine of gravitas and grace. It comes in a little darker of fruit this year, though not heavy with it. Dried olive, black cherry, violet, blueberry, ground coffee, a certain sultry floral and spicy feel, with an undercurrent of nori and iodine. This is a marvellous expression, with finely tooled tannins and exceptional length. Simply brilliant. Date: Feb 2025; Alcohol: 14%; Price: $48.00; Drink by: 2038; Rating: 97 Points & Special Value Star; James Halliday Wine Companion

Orlando Centenary Hill Shiraz 2016
Hand-picked fruit from the southern part of Barossa, planted between 1991–1994. 5 parcels, 3 with partial whole-bunch fermentation; matured 14 months in mix of new and old French and American oak. The fragrant, exotic spice of century-old Barossa vines is something to behold, heightened magnificently by carefully gauged whole-bunch fermentation. Classy, polished dark chocolate oak sits just below the fruit at every moment throughout a finish of incredible persistence and undeviating line. Quite phenomenal. Drink to: 2032; Date Tasted: January 2021; Alcohol: 14.8%; Price: $70.00; Rating: 97 Points & Special Value Star; James Halliday Wine Companion

Mewstone Hughes & Hughes Single Clone Syrah 2022
Sourced from the Brinktop vineyard; hand picked, wild fermented, pressed to and matured in oak for 10 months. Excellent depth to its resonant purple hue; ironical this should be Hughes & Hughes' top wine. Savoury/licorice/black pepper all sing on the bouquet, then a lingering, cleansing finish. 1474 bottles made. Date: Aug 2023; Alcohol: 13.1%; Price: $50.00; Drink by: 2042; Rating: 97 Points & Special Value Star; James Halliday Wine Companion