Hentley Farm, Shiraz The Creation, Barossa Valley

Peter Bourne - Supper (Bibo Wine Bar, Darlinghurst) : Ripe, concentrated, juicy black fruits is plummy and alcohol prickle, sweet spice. Juicy, dark hued fruit, rich, concentrated - like cola concentrate; thick, chewy, it's a little bit too much for me today.

Lunchy Supper at Tim and Hannah's (Tim and Hannah's, Drummoyne) : From Coravin. Jammy baked black fruits, sweet spice, alcohol prickle, a little raspberry slight fruit lozenge. Juicy, non delineated dark fruits, raspberries and rhubarb, silky tannins, an outlier here. Interesting.

Great pooring. Sexy blackened modern hedonistic juice with a nose to match. No hard edges on the palate, just premium Barossa elixir. The tinyest bit spicy and soapy on the periphery of large scale extracted hedonism. Built to take on any large wine at any steak restaurant and guaranteed to own respect. My kind of wine for sure but Id have to say the Mollydooker Carnival of Love from the same year is the better, and cheaper, wine ... though …

Bloody glorious at two years. 24hr decant. Will check back in a few years