Dalwhinnie Moonambel Shiraz 2021

96 POINTS

Toni Paterson MW - Halliday Wine Companion

The fine tailoring of this wine is evident from the first glance, with no thread out of place. Immensely fragrant mulberry aromas are enhanced by subtle smoky oak. Piercing red fruits, spun sugar and cherry pie flavours present harmoniously, slipping through the palate with a satin-like flow. Medium bodied, detailed and immensely enjoyable, now or in the future.

96 POINTS

Erin Larkin - Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2021 season here in Moonambel was cooler than 2020, and this is evident both in the aromatics (finer, more graphite, more nuance) and on the palate, which is lighter in weight, more mineral, more finessed. I must confess that this 2021 Moonambel Shiraz is ultimately more my personal style preference with Syrah; however, both wines are side by side in quality and expression. A beautiful wine of place, this will no doubt blossom and evolve prior to its release in the middle of next year. These are special wines. It was bottled with roughly 13% alcohol (as written on the hand-labeled sample bottle) and sealed under screw cap.

95 POINTS

James Suckling

Fragrant and spicy aromas of mulberries, red plums, cherry liqueur, spices, peppercorns and black olives. The palate is medium-bodied and supple, with fine tannins and bright acidity giving notes of blackberry bushes, cocoa, dark cherries, licorice and cured meats. Silky and layered with a long, seamless finish.

94 POINTS

Gary Walsh - The Wine Front

This is a much better wine than the Pinnacle Shiraz from 2021. Fresh blackberry, black cherry, roast beef, black olive, gum leaf. It’s medium-bodied, nutty and savoury, quite the saline black olive thing here, with supple dense tannin, mint and lavender perfume, and excellent length. Sweet fruit and meaty complexity. Has some juicy orange tang in the aftertaste. Very good, albeit quite saline, so you have like sort of thing.

2024 - Decanter World Wine Awards

Red plum, floral violet and nutmeg aromas lead to a palate of fine grained tannins, red berry and pepper. Award: Bronze - DWWA 2024