2023 Thomas Wines Sweetwater Ridge Shiraz

96 POINTS

Toni Paterson MW - Halliday Wine Companion

An instantly appealing wine of integrity, with textbook ripeness and glorious richness. Blood plum and ripe mulberry characters dominate, with an uplift and juicy brightness to counterbalance the richness. The mid-palate is beautifully supple and the tannins are ripe, nestling perfectly within the wine's frame. Impeccable winemaking has created a wine that is a pure expression of the vineyard, shaped by deep red loam soils over limestone. If you love shiraz, you will adore this wine. Absolutely extraordinary value.

94 POINTS

Campbell Mattinson - The Wine Front

The Thomas Wines reds are really singing this year. This is a cracking wine. It’s bold, neat, structured and long. It’s ripped with cherry-plum and violet, musk and sweet spice notes, and its earthen characters are dark and ferrous. The real quality ramp comes though on the finish, where it not only bursts forward, but ricochets the tannin out in long expanding chains. Excellent wine. Special wine.