Chapel Hill, The Vicar Shiraz, McLaren Vale
Chapel Hill · South Australia › McLaren Vale › Australia
Critics Average score from professional wine critics and publications.
93
/100
Reviews
10
professional
Vintages
No vintages
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Community Reviews
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93.0
Avg Score
98
Highest
Taster #6304
· Mar 20, 2026
94/100
Dark ruby in colour. Not clear. Lovely on the nose. Rose and blackcurrant. I did get a hint of leather. Medium plus bodied wine. Soft tannins with a nice lingering finish. A delicate blackcurrant note, nicely balanced. A very good wine. 91/100 for me.
2019 vintage
Taster #2637
· Jan 21, 2024
90/100
Well rounded, smooth. Nice without being outstanding.
2019 vintage
Taster #8082
· Mar 31, 2023
94/100
Inky black. Delicate bouquet for such a big wine, there is a slight intiguing fragrant perfume that permeates this wine. This perfume loads on top of a brooding dark fruit note. Dominant lush dark fruit palate and the hint of fragrant perfume on top. Full bodies wine, acid is the second dominant component. Not much else showing at this point. Lovely big wine, will last for decades
2019 vintage
Taster #0897
· Dec 7, 2021
98/100
Love it :)
2012 vintage
Taster #8740
· Oct 14, 2021
92/100
Couple of hours of air. Young, needs time. Think this could be good. Hold for 2-5 years. 92-94
2015 vintage
Taster #1218
· Jun 28, 2019
93/100
As a 7 year old wine I was expecting to see something deep, dark and a touch of the classic brown age that older wine display but I was actually surprised at how little there was. This is a deep purple with a touch of crimson and certainly has that dark, cloudy ink like finish of an older wine but yet still displaying characters of its youth. There is a true stickiness as it coats the glass and overall it …
2012 vintage
Taster #5274
· Mar 1, 2019
Dry black fruit on nose with a touch of pepper Palate shows long peppery dark fruit, good tannins Solid
2015 vintage
Taster #9687
· Jan 8, 2019
93/100
Pop and pour. Deep purple fruit with a thick body and long finish that has licorice notes. Upside potential with a few years aging. 93+
2015 vintage
Taster #5870
· Aug 1, 2018
94/100
Very dark red/purple colour. Rich shiraz fruit showing what feels like quite high alcohol. Beautiful full body, smooth with a firm dry finish. Very nice mouthfeel, big, smooth and rich. A very nice wine that is still young with a future to unfold.
2015 vintage
Taster #5274
· May 5, 2017
Mid-red with fruit dominating nose. Touches of mineral develop slowly to show spice and pepper over dusty tannins. Tannins are long, firm, the structural basis for several years yet
2015 vintage
Taster #5845
· Jan 19, 2017
{screwcap, 14.5%} Big rich velvety McLaren offering. Dry, rather warm, with ripe blackberry flavours. A little oak richness. A bit warm on the short finish, which has a high-yield, dilute quality to it. Short finish. OK for the short term.
2015 vintage
Taster #0610
· Dec 18, 2016
92/100
Sehr dunkles Lila Rot Brombeeren,Schwarzkirschig,irgendwo Schokolade,Graphite,würzig. Voller Körper,samtig,fleischig,prall,gutes Gleichgewicht,Alkohol gut integriert,leicht pelzige Gerbstoffe. Langer dnkelfruchtiger Abgang. Macht Spass und ist doch nicht zu "viel",hat auch jugendlich viel Trinkfluss.
2012 vintage
Taster #3426
· Oct 16, 2015
90/100
Really sophisticated Aussie shiraz. Bold but not over-powering.
2012 vintage
Taster #7565
· Jun 29, 2014
Sydney good food and wine show (Olympic Park, Homebush, Sydney) : Savoury meaty, rocky, graphite, bonfire, muted black fruit, toast. In the mouth chocolate then juicy, concentrated but not overpowering black fruit is joined by medium plus ripe, fine tannin that persists long long long on the finish. Very pleasant
2012 vintage