This has a bright freshness to the blackberry and blueberry flavors at the core, with plush, velvety tannins and notes of mocha, fresh herbs and spices that gain momentum on the finish. Drink now through 2032. 9,167 cases made, 400 cases imported.??–MW??Region: Australia / Barossa Select to Add

Tasted alongside the 2019, this 2020 Blackwell Shiraz is concentrated, sweet and muscular. The impact of oak feels very different here: the nature of the 2019 and 2020 vintages were not dissimilar, yet the resultant wines are poles apart. Of the wines I have tasted, the 2020s seem to hold far more exuberance and vitality of fruit, and that is the case here with these wines. Very good. Concentrated. Purposeful. You can cellar it, but it's ready now.

Offers a core of black cherry flavors alongside details of spice, tobacco, cedar and baking spices, with gripping tannins and lingering notes of loam. Drink now through 2035. 8,000 cases made, 500 cases imported.??–MW??Region: Australia / Barossa Select to Add

The 2020 and 2019 Blackwell Shiraz were tasted side by side; there exists no better way to compare and contrast a wine than this. This 2019 parades its toasted biscuit/resinous oak over the fruit, and shows the density and compacted nature of the vintage. The wine matured 14 months in oak, which is certainly not at the long end of the spectrum, yet the fruit has absorbed it, grain, knot and burl. The length of flavor is impressive, which forgives all exuberance of oak. Give it a couple of years for the fruit and oak to catch up with each other.

Mostly fruit purchased from the northern end of the Barossa Valley, the 2018 Blackwell Shiraz features gorgeous aromas of red raspberries, accented by hints of cracked pepper and vanilla. This is one Barossa Shiraz that shows no sign at all of over-ripeness, being fresh yet full-bodied, creamy and lush yet vibrant. It's aged entirely in American oak, but only a small proportion of the wood is new, so it comes across as balanced, at least to this taster. While approachable now, it has the stuffing to drink well at least through 2027, perhaps longer.