Wine of the week: a uniquely delicious Aussie shiraz

published 31 May 2019

2016 Paringa Estate, Peninsula Shiraz, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia £23.87, greatwinesdirect.co.uk

Earlier this week I launched my 100 Best Australian Wines Report for 2019/2020 at Australia House in London. This is the sixteenth year in which I have compiled this snapshot of the greatest Aussie wines in our market. The criteria for making the grade for this report are simple the wines must be awesome and they must be available in sufficient quantities to last until at least Christmas.

This wine is spectacular, but it didn't quite make the "100 Best" list because stocks are a little tighter than I would like. Made by one of the most sought-after wineries in Australia, this is a shiraz made in one of the most famous pinot noir territories in the land. Winemaker Lindsay McCall makes both red grapes and every year he creates pinot-like shiraz and shiraz-like pinot. It is almost as if the grapes are close brothers as opposed to being from completely different families.

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In complete contrast to the big, muscular shiraz of South Australia or the super-spicy, mineral drenched shiraz of greater Victoria, Paringa Shiraz is succulent, sensual, texturally indulgent and elegant, but with a dark hue, masses of berry notes and a liberal dusting of cinnamon spice. In short, this is a heavenly wine and it is selling at a terrific price, too. Unique and uniquely delicious, seek out this "100 Best"-grade wine soon, before it all disappears.

Matthew Jukes is a winner of the International Wine & Spirit Competition's Communicator of the Year (matthewjukes.com)

Matthew Jukes has worked in the UK wine business for well over three decades and during this time has written 14 wine books.

Matthew regularly lectures, judges, speaks at wine conferences and runs masterclass tastings for both corporate and private clients all over the world. Matthew is also the creator of his ground-breaking initiative, the One Day Wine School, an indulgent day of tasting and learning first performed in 2006.

He has been the MoneyWeek wine correspondent since 2006 and has written a weekly column for the Daily Mail’s Weekend Magazine since 1999. His four highly-acclaimed, annual wine reports – the Burgundy En Primeur Report, the Bordeaux En Primeur Report, the Piemonte Report and the 100 Best Australian Wines – are published on his website, www.matthewjukes.com.

Matthew is one of the world’s leading experts on Australian wine and, with Brisbane-based wine writer Tyson Stelzer, runs an annual competition in Australia to find ‘The Great Australian Red’. He was made Honorary Australian of the Year in the UK at the 2012 Australia Day Foundation Gala dinner.

Matthew is a winner of the International Wine and Spirit Competition's Communicator of the Year Trophy. His thoughts, recommendations and tastings notes are followed very closely by the wine world at large.