Save a Shave Under a Grand on These Epic Shiraz

The Wine Front's Hot Take: 'Far Out. This is outstanding ... lusty, gnarly older vine depth and then energetic and vibrant in the same breath. The bottle went, mea culpa.'.

This is fermented in oak and held on skins for months prior to finishing maturation in oak. The oak, is merely supportive, the fruit weight and skinsy tannins holding sway, the structure incredible. Double decant. Once you've done that a glorious perfume and fruit emerge, with plum, blackberries. dark cherries, pepper, liquorice, clove and earth emerge, the fruit sweetness checked perfectly by fruit tannin and a faint, complexing bitterness. Already superb, this will become incredible with cellaring.

Just the fifth release of Yaldara Grand, and arguably the one which has struck a balance between power and elegance most deftly. Milk and dark chocolate, aniseed, black and blue fruits, tobacco leaf, plus plenty of cedary oak and tannin. Magical.

Dark black fruits, plenty of acidity, good length and a fine tannin finish make for a wine which is a delicious accompaniment to red meats already, but will also cellar for 10+ years.