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The particularly rare Best’s Thomson Family Shiraz is one of Victoria’s greatest wines and represents a window to Australia’s winemaking past.
Like Henschke Hill of Grace and Penfolds Block 42 in the Barossa Valley, the Best’s Concongella Vineyard 1860s plantings at Great Western belong to Australia’s rich heritage of ancient genetic and pre-phylloxera vineyards.
The fifteen rows of dry-grown Shiraz vines, well over 140 years old, are the source material for the Thomson Family Shiraz.
Tasting Notes
99 Points James Halliday
Predominantly from the 1868 plantings, with lesser amounts from 1996 and ’70, hand-picked and sorted, 50% crushed, 45% whole berry, 5% whole bunch. You’d stand up for royalty, and that’s this wine.
2010 Best’s Great Western ‘Thomson Family’ Shiraz