The 2020 Ironheart Shiraz hails from a warm, dry vintage in McLaren Vale, and the wines, I feel, have been made with care and detail. They're very good, and while the season is still captured in the glass, there's no hint of the heat or the year. This might be due to the resilience of the organic/biodynamic vineyard. Anyway, here the wine is monumental, big, supple and driven by skin tannin, but it's a bit meaty and dense too. There are muscles here, but it's not heavy, you know? It's really engaging and lively, while nailing the McLaren Vale Shiraz brief of exotic spice, dark fruit and fine tannin. This is a pleasure. It matured for only 12 months in one year old French foudre and then spentA further trip around the sun in glass prior to release. 13.5% alcohol, sealed under screw cap.

Polished and juicy, with wild blackberry, blueberry and spiced plum flavors on a thick and velvety frame, plus details of Earl Grey tea, dried sage and toasted cumin. Reveals a hint of paprika on the finish. Drink now through 2032. 250 cases made, 200 cases imported.??–MW??Region: Australia / McLaren Vale Select to Add

The 2019 Ironheart Shiraz beats with an oxblood character upon opening: it is rich, deep and staining. The oak is prevalent; however, it is high quality and well-matched to the fruit, so it is hardly a problem. Awesome. There are pink peppercorns, meat, salted licorice and a firm tannic structure through the mid-palate and finish. The wine is abundant, but it is stabilized and grounded by a flurry of savory tannin and a spine of fine, salty acid. The fruit is really impressive; it almost overflows the glass, but it’s brought to heel by acid and tannin, so you know it only needs a decant to allow it to unravel and unfurl.

Matured in 35% new French oak, the 2018 Ironheart Shiraz adds subtle vanilla and cedar elements to a roaring noseful of blueberries and spice. Full-bodied and concentrated, it's supple and rich on the palate, with a texture somewhere between velvet and silk—velour, perhaps? Marked by mouthwatering acidity on the lengthy finish, it's a balanced, finely proportioned wine that should age effortlessly for at least 10–15 years.

Complex and impressive, mixing power and finesse. Wild blackberry and black currant flavors are ripe, fleshy and plump at the core, but details of black tea, loam, white pepper minerality and chicory add dimension and nuance. Tannins are dense, but velvety and polished. Everything is harmonious on the long, expressive finish. Drink now through 2030. 360 cases made, 130 cases imported.??–MW??Region: Australia / McLaren Vale Select to Add