Popular with the audience. Quite restrained. Licorice, tar and plum and a fairly tight palate. Good length and texture. Made by Kilikanoon. ($16.90)

• Rating: 89 (Average for all reviewers 89)
• Drink: Drink in the next 1 to 5 years

Just a touch of funk here. Dense, mouth-coating and lots of flavour. Yes, it is a more earthy style, but it is a very good drink.

• Rating: 88 (Average for all reviewers 88)
• Drink: Drink in the next 1 to 5 years

Dense fruit on the nose and palate, with sweet ripe fruit flavours to the fore. This has cooler fruit characters, but the ripeness is spot on. The palate is fresh, vibrant and inky, with cassis and plum fruit notes. Youthful, long, mouth-filling, generous and generally quite delicious.

• Rating: 90 (Average for all reviewers 90)
• Drink: Drink in the next 1 to 5 years

Classic McLaren Vale fruit. There is the plush, ripe fruit that is so seductive of this style of wine. The palate is still quite firm and tight. There is good attack and excellent line and length, though this should get more generous with time.

• Rating: 90 (Average for all reviewers 89.5)
• Drink: Drink in the next 1 to 5 years

Textbook shiraz nose. This is plush and ripe, with succulent, almost juicy fruit to the fore. The palate is dense and structured, this is just a baby. There is licorice and black fruits, and the length is excellent. A touch linear right now, this will flesh out with age. A clear favourite on the night and a joy to drink.

• Rating: 92 (Average for all reviewers 92.5)
• Drink: Drink in the next 1 to 5 years