NEW RELEASES

Vasse Felix’s 2019 Tom Cullity Cabernet Merlot is now available. “It’s probably the last 2019 cabernet out of Margaret River,” says winemaker Virginia Willcock, and it was a low-yielding vintage at that, making this $200 flagship red more collectable than ever.

Barossa-based First Drop Wines has released its 2018 ‘The Cream’ Shiraz ($150) and 2018 ‘Fat of the Land’ single-vineyard shiraz range, which includes Seppeltsfield, Greenock and Ebeneezer examples (all $100).

Kay Bothers’ limited-edition 2020 Griffon’s Key Grenache ($49) is out now. Fruit for the 94-point wine was handpicked from the Amery vineyard in McLaren

Vale. “This is a cuvée on the up,” wrote Ned Goodwin MW for Wine Companion in August 2022.

Anna Pooley and Justin Bubb have released two new reds, a 2022 Coal River Valley pinot noir and a 2022 East Coast Tasmania syrah (both $65) under their Bubb + Pooley label. It’s the second vintage for the syrah, this year made with a splash of viognier, while the pinot is matured in clay amphora.

A set of 2021 shiraz releases from

The Standish Wine Company is now available. The Standish (Greenock), The Relic (Krondorf), The Schubert Theorem (Marananga) and The Lamella (Eden Valley) are $125 each.

Torbreck’s 2020 RunRig shiraz viognier ($300) and 2020 Les Amis grenache ($200) hit the market

July 1. As usual, quantities are limited – last years’ release sold out in just a few months. These are wines for the cellar, with drinking windows of 2025–2050 and 2023–2038 respectively.

Yering Station’s 2021 Reserve collection will be available from August. The quartet of chardonnay, pinot noir, shiraz viognier, and cabernet sauvignon marks Brendan Hawker’s first end-to-end flagship release as chief winemaker.