TRENTHAM ESTATE RESERVE SHIRAZ 2023

Best in Show & 97/100 – Decanter World Wine Awards 2025

Winery notes (2023 Vintage)
"This Heathcote Shiraz is part of our carefully selected Reserve range that aims to epitomise the best these regions have to offer. Rich and balanced showing lifted fruit aromas of plum, dark cherry and chocolate. A long, persistent palate well balanced with fruit sweetness and fine mocha oak.

Sourced from a single vineyard in the middle of the renowned Heathcote region; a region famous for producing premium Shiraz. The vineyard’s Cambrian soil allows the vines to consistently produce ripe, full flavoured fruit rich in berry and spice flavours with dark, deep red colour."

Judges' Comments, Decanter World Wine Awards 2025 (2023 Vintage)
"Remarkably, out of the 29 reds from Australia that we’ve found for the Best in Show selections over the last decade, none have yet come from Victoria – so a big welcome to this Shiraz from Heathcote. It’s dark red in colour and very lively in aroma, with lots of red fruits in peppery, spicy style. On the palate, too, the wine is boisterous and fresh, softly balanced and very pure-fruited. Intriguingly, the spice seems to pull back once the wine is in the mouth; with the warmth of the tongue you’ll find compelling floral notes emerge. Grace, charm, poise and freshness, with a deftly folded and gratifyingly discreet tannin-acid balance: the craftsmanship of this wine conveys a strong sense of natural articulation and an unforced celebration of outstanding raw materials. Congratulations to Victoria and to Heathcote, and well done, too, to the team behind this deft and satisfying wine."