Best's Great Western

Best's Bin No. 1 Shiraz is the wine that gives people their first taste of our style of Great Western Shiraz. Made from Best’s own vineyards as well as trusted local growers, this wine is meticulously crafted with the same attention to detail as the flagship wines. Bin No. 1 Shiraz represents the essence of Best’s Great Western’s winemaking ideals and the distinction of the Great Western region.

HOW DOES IT TASTE?

Medium bodied with primary red fruits of red plum skin and cherry whilst the mid-palate has a lovely layer of pepper spice.  The wine finishes with fine toasty tannins coupled with linear acidity that allows the wine to finish fresh and in perfect balance.

This vibrant wine is great to enjoy now with food but will soften and gain complexity over the next 5-12 years. Ideal to drink Greek style slow roasted lamb.

VINTAGE CONDITIONS:

Bin 1 Shiraz represents the essence of Best’s winemaking ideals and the uniqueness of the Great Western region.

WHAT THE WINE CRITICS HAD TO SAY:

This release is on song. Black pepper and peppercorn characters float through cherry and plum fruit flavour. It's lively, it has enough depth, it finishes well and it charms throughout. The fine-grained, savoury aspect of the tannin here is of particular note. If you like the Great Western style, you can buy this with confidence.  Drink by 2033  Rating: 94 points

Halliday Wine Companion - Campbell Mattinson

Medium-full red with just a faint tint of purple remaining, the bouquet peppery, bunchy and quite complex, spicy and dried-herby, with a definite influence of grape stems. Medium-full bodied with a gently chewy texture, and earthy tannins close out the finish. Good potential and value.  An elegant shiraz. Rating: 91 points

The Real Review – Huon Hooke, December 2023

This is good. A cooler climatic expression that remains distinctly Australian, rather than playing the reductive hand of an ersatz Rhone. An exceptional nose of mace, clove, blue fruits, olive and briar, backed by a wave of beef bouillon and iodine-umami warmth. The tannins, a clatter across the middle, with a bow of dutiful acidity drawn to just the right degree of tension. Some scrubby menthol dries the finish ever so slightly. This said, this is a delicious wine of immense personality and soul. Drink or hold.  Rating: 94 points

James Suckling – Ned Goodwin