'I have said it so many times that it may be rebundant, but for readers who by-passed purchasing my heavyweight 1990 tome, Burgundy, let me repeat it - Lalou Bize-Leroy stands alone at the top of Burgundy's quality hierarchy. Because she is a perfectionnist, and because she...[more]

“Classic, austere regional/varietal expression; curiously, the grip is more evident on entry than on the finish and aftertaste; curiously, the grip is more evident on entry than on the finish and aftertaste, thanks to superfine tannins ... Rating 95,” James Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion, 2009 edition.

The bottle notes: "RWT is the quintessential Barossa Valley shiraz. Produced from low-yielding vines and matured for 15-months in fine-grained French oak, the result is a generously flavoured, sweet, ripe Shiraz of great elegance and complexity. Sediment may form in the bottle, which is entirely natural and part of the wine's development. It can be removed by decanting the wine just prior to drinking, which will also allow the wine to breathe."

"Black Shiraz is the sort of stuff I was weaned on. Uniquely Australian, it's loaded with rich ripe fruit flavour and very fine tannin - it's a big old fashioned red that will put a smile on the faces of all those who drink it - but the biggest smiles will belong to those who...[more]

"Black Shiraz is the sort of stuff I was weaned on. Uniquely Australian, it's loaded with rich ripe fruit flavour and very fine tannin - it's a big old fashioned red that will put a smile on the faces of all those who drink it - but the biggest smiles will belong to those who are patient enough to put it away in the caller for 10-years," winemaker and proprietor Robert O'Callaghan.