CW Wines - Stonehaven Winery

Impossibly blue and bright on the nose – blackberry pie, blueberry and fresh bay leaf. The wine is satisfying and fresh, almost uncomplicated in its expression of succulent, saturated fruit flavour. It is velvety and full.

As far as warm-climate shiraz goes, this is good. Contemporary in terms of lifted florals and a modicum of tension. Avuncular in terms of weight, power and the armchair you'll need to settle into after drinking it. Finishes with a dose of heat.

Dense, burly, rich and brimming with darker fruit tones, licorice strap, smoked meats, clove and alternate spices flowing from attack to finish – relishes it. A unashamedly big wine, of poise, power and precision.

A bright, super-pretty, sweetly fruited and gently spicy wine that shows the modern side of Coonawarra. The vinification is by no means groundbreaking, but the jubilant expression of fruit in the glass, is. This is delicious, verging on uncomplicated, and just a total delight.

Dark, salted cassis and blackberry. In the mouth the wine is laced with a fine mineral seam of graphite tannins and saline acidity. This is very elegant, while also managing to convey great concentration of fruit. All things in balance, a classy wine to the end.

This is a deeply satisfying rendition of Coonawarra shiraz. The brightness of the fruit is almost addictive, and very attractive. Hedonistic, but classy.