Winery notes (2021 Vintage)
"The culmination of our pursuit to tirelessly perfect small-batch Shiraz making is here; meet our new-look Barossa Shiraz hero, Synonymous. Off the back of our recent trophy for Best Shiraz at the Royal Adelaide Wine Show, we felt the timing was right to introduce our most important Shiraz release to date. The new look packaging coincides with the best vintage yet, a product of the benchmark ideal ripening cool season 2021 vintage.
We hear all the time that Synonymous plays more like a wine twice its price thanks to the judicious fruit selection, careful yet minimalist winemaking and fastidious barrel selection – we taste through hundreds to select and make this delicious Shiraz. It is undoubtedly our best bang-for-buck red wine!"
5 Stars & Number 2 Cuisine Australian Shiraz Tasting, July 2025 (2021 Vintage)
"Rich and ripe, this youthful example is heady and plump with aromas of deep dark fruit, dark chocolate and savoury spice on the nose. The palate is big and ripe yet the taut acid present alongside bright red fruit flavours bring freshness and balance."
5 Stars & 93/100 Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, May 2025 (2021 Vintage)
"This is richly fruited and enticing on the nose, displaying aromas of blackberry, smoked meat, dried herbs, and roasted hazelnut. The succulent palate shows excellent weight and ripe fruit flavours, wonderfully framed by finely pitched tannins, finishing persistent and flavoursome. At its best: now to 2033."
92/100 Dave Brookes, James Halliday's Wine Companion (2021 Vintage)
"A lot of pure Barossan bang for your buck here. Comforting … familiar even, with its cascade of plush blood plum and summer berry fruits, deep spice, licorice, dark chocolate and earthen tones. Creamy, powdery tannins, a bright line and a tide of pure, exotically spiced plummy fruit on the finish makes the wine instantly endearing and definitely prompts another glass. Great value."