Jim Barry The McRae Wood Shiraz Cellar Release 3000ml 2019

96 POINTS

Erin Larkin - Halliday Wine Companion

Matured for 12 months in French oak (20% new). Savoury, spicy and intense shiraz here, with emphasis on the savoury. This has layers of shaved hung deli meat, Amaro herbs, a hint of bacon fat, mulberries, blood plums, salted licorice and tapenade, too. The tannins are firm, promising a long life in front of it, although everything is already so nicely integrated, you could drink it tonight. You could, but you shouldn't – it'll evolve so nicely over the years to come.

93 POINTS

James Suckling

This is a bold, classically styled shiraz that offers plenty of rich and ripe dark-plum, berry and chocolate aromas and flavors. The bold tannins need time to settle in. Try from 2024.

93 POINTS

Erin Larkin - Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2019 The McRae Wood Shiraz is concentrated and lush, with layers of deli meat, black berries and spicy tannins. The tannins are actually the draw card here—despite the fruit occupying a most delicious space—and they are fine, chalky, chewy and ductile, all very good things. Delicious, true to place and style, this Shiraz should age gracefully for a decade or more.