Best's Great Western

Great Western Bin 0 Shiraz 2021

This is the new release of the incredible 2021 vintage. Bin 0 is made to be an age worthy style and has been the undisputed icon of Great Western Shiraz for many decades. Made from the three-shiraz blocks surrounding our Concongella winery; Bart’s Block from 1966, Sparky’s Block from 1970 and a selection from our White Gravels Hill block planted in the early 1990’s. It is internationally acclaimed as one of Australia’s great Shiraz wines, noted as Classified by Langton’s in their latest Classification.

TASTING NOTES

A delicious coupling of red and black primary fruits. Tones of red cherry, cranberry, blackberry, bramble. Complex creamy mid-palate of clove, cinnamon, and dried herb. Rich, chocolate tannins coat the mouth, and are well balanced with medium acidity.

THE HISTORY OF BIN NO 0. SHIRAZ

The evolution of Bin No. 0 begins many years ago – there are old bottles in Best's cellar door with Hock 0 labels made by Joseph Best from the late 1800s. When we were forced to remove all references to French terms on the labels in the 1980s, Bin No. 0 began its life as Claret No. 0. And now, the Bin No. 0 Shiraz has lived with this new moniker for years – it’s one of the longest consecutively labelled varietals in this country. 

Best’s Bin No. 0 has always been produced from our oldest vines, with fruit selected from the lower-yielding blocks of the historic Concongella Vineyard at Great Western. This vineyard is home to 19th- and 20th-century Shiraz plantings, which result in intensely flavoured fruit. We hand select, sort and ferment the fruit in small batches followed by intense barrel selection, and stored underground for 18 months.