Shiraz/Syrah
Shiraz (or Syrah, depending on its mood) is one of the world’s most expressive red grapes, a variety that can shift from peppery elegance to full-throttle richness with nothing more than a change in landscape. In its ancestral home of the Rhône Valley, Syrah speaks in cool, sculpted tones: black pepper, violets, smoked meat, and dark berry fruit, all wrapped in fine, sinewy tannins. Move it to warmer, sunnier ground, most famously Australia, and it transforms into Shiraz: generous, bold, and luxuriously textured, brimming with blackberry compote, plum, chocolate, and warm spice. Few grapes mirror terroir quite so vividly.
What makes Shiraz irresistible is its combination of intensity and charm. It thrives in a spectrum of climates, from the cool elegance of Victoria and the coastal finesse of South Africa to the sun-drenched opulence of Barossa and McLaren Vale. Winemakers can take it down many paths: vibrant and spicy from whole-bunch fermentation, plush and smooth from barrel ageing, or blended with Grenache and Mourvèdre for Rhône-inspired complexity. At its best, Shiraz is both powerful and poised, a wine that fills the glass with confidence, warmth, and unmistakable personality, yet still leaves room for nuance. It’s the grape that hugs you back.
Filters
- Barossa Valley
- Clare Valley
- Coonawarra
- Denmark, Western Australia
- Eden Valley
- Grampians
- Great Southern
- Hilltops, NSW
- Hunter Valley
- Langhorne Creek
- Margaret River
- McLaren Vale
- Mornington Peninsula
- Mount Barker, Great Southern
- Nagambie Lakes, Victoria
- Padthaway
- Riverland
- South Eastern
- Various Regions from
- Yarra Valley
- Aegean
- Bekaa Valley
- Chianti Classico, Tuscany
- Columbia Valley, Washington State
- Costières de Nîmes, Languedoc
- Côte-Rôtie, Rhone Valley
- Crozes Hermitage, Rhone Valley
- Elgin, Western Cape
- Hawke's Bay
- Hermitage, Rhone Valley
- La Mancha
- Languedoc-Roussillon
- Leyda Valley
- Maharashtra
- Maipo Valley
- Maremma, Tuscany
- Minervois, Languedoc
- Overberg
- Rhône Valley
- Rutherford, Napa Valley, California
- Saint-Joesph, Rhone Valley
- Stellenbosch, Western Cape
- Swartland
- Swartland, Western Cape
- Terre Siciliane, Sicily
- Walker Bay
- Western Cape
- 16 Stops
- Berton Vineyard
- Boundary Line
- Brokenwood
- Cape Mentelle
- Chapel Hill
- Charles Melton
- Clonakilla
- Dandelion Vineyards
- Elderton
- Glaetzer
- Grant Burge
- Hardy's
- Heartland
- Heirloom Vineyards
- Jim Barry
- La Violetta
- Lake Breeze
- Leeuwin Estate
- Mount Langi Ghiran
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- Paringa Estate
- Pattersons
- Plantagenet
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- St Hallet
- St Hallett
- Tahbilk
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- Anthonij Rupert Wyne
- Boekenhoutskloof
- Château de Campuget
- Château de l'Ou
- Château Maris
- Château Oumsiyat
- Colomba Bianca
- Craggy Range
- Creation
- Domaine Courbis
- Domaine Des Martinelles
- Domaine Georges Vernay
- Dominio de Punctum
- Fattoria Le Pupille
- Ferraton Pere et Fils
- Fontodi
- Groot Constantia
- Inglenook
- Kershaw
- Kuzubağ
- Leeuwenkuil Family Vineyards
- Lismore
- Lomond Wines
- Mullineux
- Opal Ridge
- Patina
- Paul Jaboulet Aine
- Pursued by Bear
- Reyneke
- Saint Cosme
- Sula Vineyards
- Tumbleweed
- Undurraga
- Villa Noria
- Viña Perez Cruz
2023 Shiraz, Boundary Line
This voluptuous fruit-packed wine is sourced from vineyards throughout the Riverina region, with each terroir adding its own characteristic to the ...
View full details2021 Shiraz, 16 Stops
16 Stops wines are made with fruit from across South Australia. They are made alongside the Willunga 100 wines in McLaren Vale and benefit from the...
View full details2023 Shiraz Select Reserve, Pattersons
Plush, Juicy and Ready for the Roast. This is proper easy-going Aussie Shiraz, generous, smooth and full of dark-fruited comfort. A core of jammy p...
View full details2022 'Bull Ant' Shiraz, Lake Breeze
The playful label was inspired by the bullants, which are known to harass vineyard workers. This 2022 vintage is a ripe, full-bodied wine that has...
View full details2022 'The Black' Shiraz 'Winemakers Reserve', Berton Vineyard
The Winemakers Reserve Black Shiraz is a multi-award winning wine and an outstanding example of Australian Shiraz with deep colour and aromas of bl...
View full details2022 Barry Bros Shiraz, Jim Barry
The wines of Jim Barry are renowned throughout the wine world as icons of Clare Valley, voted ‘2020 Winery of the Year’ at the Halliday Wine Compan...
View full details2021 The Lodge Hill Shiraz, Jim Barry
The Clare Valley Classic From the elevated eastern ranges of Clare Valley, this Shiraz combines altitude with precision. The nose opens wit...
View full details2022 Watervale Shiraz, Jim Barry
Bright Side of Shiraz A fresher, more vibrant expression of Clare Valley Shiraz. The nose bursts with blue and black fruits, black pepper and a fli...
View full details2021 Billi Billi Shiraz, Mount Langi Ghiran
Mount Langi Ghiran is continually listed as one of the most beautiful vineyard sites in Australia. The vineyard’s towering granite cliffs and loamy...
View full details2020 Little Yering Shiraz, Yering Station
A juicy, fruity and cool-climate Shiraz, with spicy plum and blackberry fruit layered with a touch of violet and white pepper on the soft, lush pal...
View full details2022 Lioness of Mclaren Vale Shiraz, Dandelion Vineyards
Dark, expressive and beautifully assured, Lioness opens with ripe blackberry, black cherry and damson, layered with notes of dark chocolate, liquor...
View full details2022 Lionheart of the Barossa Shiraz, Dandelion Vineyards
Bold, generous and full of soul, Lionheart opens with waves of blackberry, black plum and blueberry, followed by notes of dark chocolate, liquorice...
View full details2021 Reserve Barossa Shiraz, Berton Vineyard
Bob Berton makes exceptional quality Shiraz at very affordable prices. The aromas are powerful and complex encapsulating a wealth of ripe black che...
View full details2015 Balthasar Shiraz, Grant Burge
The Eden Valley Velvet Storm This is Eden Valley Shiraz with Barossa depth and cooler-climate poise: dark, generous, polished and just beginning to...
View full details2018 Balthasar Shiraz, Grant Burge
The Midnight Silk of Eden Valley This is Balthasar in a darker, more brooding mood: pure Eden Valley Shiraz with power, perfume and a lovely cool-c...
View full details2020 Great Southern Shiraz, Three Lions by Plantagenet
Structured, savoury and finely detailed, this Great Southern Shiraz opens with black cherry, plum and blueberry, layered with cracked black pepper,...
View full details2020 Shiraz, Tahbilk
Tahbilk Shiraz is sourced from nearly 30 hectares of vines planted at various times from the 1930s through the early 2000s. Made using traditional ...
View full details2020 Butchers Cart Shiraz, St Hallett
Barossa Cut This is Barossa Shiraz with plenty of muscle, but a very satisfying polish to the edges. It opens with black cherry, raspberry, blackbe...
View full details2021 Siblings Shiraz, Leeuwin Estate
Velvet Spice Fragrant, supple and beautifully composed, this is Shiraz with a cooler, more refined rhythm than many expect. Red currant, plum and d...
View full details2019 Higher Earth Syrah, St Hallett
This is St Hallett showing a cooler, more lifted side of its Shiraz mastery. From Eden Valley’s higher ground, it opens with blackberry, black cher...
View full details2022 Barossa Shiraz, Heirloom Vineyards
Deep, generous and beautifully assured, this Barossa Shiraz opens with ripe blackberry, black plum and blueberry, layered with notes of dark chocol...
View full details2020 Cliff Edge Shiraz, Mount Langi Ghiran
Sourced from a selection of blocks across the historic Mount Langi Ghiran vineyard situated in the Grampians region of Victoria, where the combinat...
View full details2017 Nebu Cabernet Sauvignon & Shiraz, Grant Burge
The Barossa Night This is a grand Barossa red with Cabernet in the driver’s seat and Shiraz bringing the velvet. Deep, dark and richly composed, it...
View full details2021 The MV Shiraz, Chapel Hill
At Chapel Hill there exists a deep respect for the land and their vines – managed by Rachel Steer (viticulturist), and under the diligent guidance ...
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