The Premium Shiraz Collection features 3 bottles each from 4 different premium prouducers which have all scored 95 Points from Australia's leading Wine Critics. It also shows the diversity of this variety with an example from the Hunter Valley, McLaren Vale, Barossa Valley and the Mornington Peninsula.

The StarDozen consists of the following:

3 bottles       Mitolo Savitar Shiraz 2021
3 bottles       Scotchmans Hill Cornelius Spray Farm Vineyard Syrah 2016
3 bottles       St Hugo Barossa Valley Shiraz 2020
3 bottles       Tyrrells Old Hut Hunter Valley Shiraz 2018

Mitolo Savitar Shiraz 2021
Highly polished release. Selected parcels from its source vineyard in the Vale’s south-western Whites Valley district get the royal treatment, a large proportion of new French oak in play in the winery offering its typical influence in the finished wine with finessed tannins, a minerally char and toast, yet still room for its rich dark plum fruit and acidity to drive intense drinking pleasures long into the future. Exciting stuff. Price: $105.00; Rating: 96 Points; Tony Love

Scotchmans Hill Cornelius Spray Farm Vineyard Syrah 2016
25% whole bunches, the balance destemmed on top, 5 days cold soak, wild fermentation 10 days, plunged daily, matured for 18 months in French oak (50% new). Deep, bright colour; sultry purple and black fruits coat the intense, long medium+-bodied palate, dispatching oak to all corners of the field. Drink to: 2036; Price: $60.00; Date Tasted: Jan 2019; Alcohol: 14.5%; Rating: 95 Points; James Halliday Wine Companion

St Hugo Barossa Valley Shiraz 2020
Saturated colour, inky; plummy, subtly spicy aromas; big, rich, dense, very concentrated wine, with lashings of plush, supple tannins. Spot-on ripeness. Big but balanced. Wow, this is impressive. Trophy, Best Shiraz/Syrah, 2023 Global Fine Wine Challenge. Date Tasted: November 2023; Drink: 2024 to 2040; Alcohol: 14.5%; Price: $55.00; Rating: 96 Points; Top Rank; Huon Hooke; The Real Review

Tyrrells Old Hut Hunter Valley Shiraz 2018
Good depth of purple/red colour. Aromas of dark fruits, dried spices, subtle earthy-graphite notes among its savoury overtones, the palate medium-bodied and soft-textured, very refined, focused and elegant with super-fine tannins and faultless line and length. Seamless. A delightful wine. (Vines planted in 2003 with cuttings from the 4 Acres vineyard which is beside it). Drink: 2020 to 2043; Price: $45.00; Alcohol: 13.5%; Rating: 95 Points; Huon Hooke; The Real Review