The wines that made Australia famous. Seven new vintages

Sure. It's cool to drink a bottle of great wine, but you never can get a true grip on 'how' good it was unless you have another bottle for context. Better than one other bottle, is two, or heck - a whole flight. Here, John Jens (aka JJ) and I open seven great Shiraz from Australia to see not just how the vintages are tracking post-release, but to see how their differences stack up on the table. In this video, we span different regions (Barossa, Hunter, Clare and Eden Valleys, Frankland River, South Australia and McLaren Vale), different vintages (2017 - 2021) and different styles of Shiraz. It was fascinating to open them all at the same time, and to look at the wines as they evolved over the course of an hour or so in the glass. I touch on a few past videos for context (links below), but perhaps most importantly, the concept of 'quality VS style', which I dive deep into in my recent scoring video.
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0:00 - Intro
1:51 - 2021 Tyrrell's 8 Acres Shiraz, Hunter Valley (13.3% alc)
5:44 - 2019 Torbreck RunRig Shiraz Viognier, Barossa Valley (15% alc)
8:37 - 2020 Swinney Farvie Syrah, Frankland River (14% alc)
15:00 - 2018 Penfolds Grange, South Australia (14.5% alc)
21:26 - 2018 Wendouree Shiraz, Clare Valley (13.5% alc)
26:20 - 2017 Henschke Hill of Grace Shiraz, Eden Valley (14% alc)
32:02 - 2018 Clarendon Hills Astralis Shiraz, McLaren Vale (14.5% alc)
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Video links:
How Wine Scoring Works -    • How Wine Scoring Works  
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We opened the new Grange + Hill of Grace, Astralis, Laird + Powell & Son -    • We opened the new Grange + Hill of Gr...  
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Penfolds Grange with Peter Gago -    • Penfolds Grange with Peter Gago  
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