Red Queen of the Eden Valley Shiraz Awards

2021 Vintage

  • Global Syrah Masters 2023 Masters Medal
  • The Real Review, Stuart Knox (28th Dec 2023) – 98 Points, Gold Medal, #1 of 17 2021 Shiraz from Eden Valley
  • 2023 Sommelier Challenge IWSC San Diego – Gold 90 Points
  • 2023 Decanter World Wine Awards – Gold 95 Points
  • Melbourne International Wine Competition 2023 – Gold Medal 94 Pts
  • Woman Wine & Spirit Awards 2024- Gold Medal
  • St Martins Great Australian Shiraz Challenge 2023- Silver 92 Pts
  • China Wine & Spirit Awards 2023 – Silver
  • International Wine Challenge UK 2023 – Silver
  • Critics Challenge IWSC 2023 – Silver
  • Royal Sydney Wine Show 2023- Silver 90 Points

2020 Vintage

  • Women’s Wine & Spirits Awards 2023 – Double Gold Medal
  • Wine Pilot (9th Jan 2024) – 97 Points
  • James HallidayWine Companion– 96 Points, Gold
  • 2023 AWC Vienna International Wine Challenge – Gold
  • 10th “SAKURA” Japan Women’s Wine Awards 2023 – Gold
  • The Real Review, Gabrielle Poy – 93 Points, Silver
  • 2022 Sommelier Challenge IWSC  San Diego – Silver

2019 Vintage

  • Robert Parker Wine Advocate, Erin Larkin – 96+ points
  • James Halliday Wine Companion, James Halliday (12 May 2022) – 96 Points, Gold
  • Halliday Wine Companion, Tyson Stelzer (August 2021) – 96 Points
  • Melbourne International Wine Competition 2022 – 95 Points, Gold Medal
  • The Real Review, Stuart Knox (March 2022) – 95 Points
  • AWC Vienna 2022 – Gold
  • Decanter World Wine Awards 2022 (DWWA) – 93 Points, Silver Medal
  • James Suckling – 92 Points
  • Royal Adelaide Wine Show 2021 – 91 Points, Silver
  • Women’s Wine & Spirits Awards 2022 – Silver Medal
  • International Wine Challenge 2022 (IWC) – Silver Medal
  • Royal Hobart Wine Show 2021 – Silver Medal
  • 24th Japan Wine Challenge 2021 – Silver Medal

2018 Vintage

  • Winemaker International Wine Challenge (USA) 2021 – Trophy Wine of the Year; Trophy Best Shiraz, 96 Points
  • The Real Review, Ralph Kyte-Powell (1 March 2021) – 95 Points
  • Vinonotebook 2021, Regan Drew – 94 Points
  • James Suckling – 93 Points
  • Barossa Wine Show 2020 – 93 Points
  • Cuisine Magazine Shiraz Tasting July 2021 – No. 1 Shiraz in Tasting
  • Melbourne International Wine Competition 2020 – Gold Medal
  • Women’s Wine & Spirits Awards 2020 – Gold Medal
  • Korea Wine Challenge 2021 – Gold Medal
  • Barossa Wine Show 2021 – Silver Medal, 92 Points
  • International Wine Challenge 2021 – Silver Medal, 90 Points
  • China Wine & Spirits Awards 2020 – Silver Medal
  • San Francisco International Wine Competition 2020 – Silver Medal

2017 Vintage

  • James Halliday Australian Wine Companion – 98 Points
  • San Diego International Wine & Spirits Challenge 2020 – Platinum Medal, 94 Points
  • San Francisco International Wine Competition 2019 – Double Gold Medal, 94 Points
  • Sommelier Wine Awards 2020 (UK) – Gold Medal
  • Decanter World Wine Awards 2020 – 94 Points
  • Winemaker International Wine Challenge (USA) 2020 – Gold Medal, 93 Points
  • China Wine & Spirits Awards 2019 – Gold Medal
  • Woman Wine & Spirit Awards 2020 – Gold Medal
  • China Wine & Spirits Awards Best Value 2020 – Gold Medal
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  • “Made from Colin Krohen’s Eden Valley vineyard planted over 100 years ago (1912). Hand-picked with one-third whole bunches, two-thirds crushed on top, open-fermented, 11 days on skins, matured for 30 months in French oak (50% new). The density of the colour is striking, as is the depth and power of the fruit. This is an extraordinary wine, the intensity of its black fruits awe-inspiring, oak and tannins insisting on adding their say.” –  James Halliday

2016 Vintage

  • Critics Challenge – Platinum Medal 94 Points
  • China Wine & Spirits Best Value Awards 2019 – Double Gold Medal
  • Winemaker Challenge International Wine Competition (USA) 2019 – Gold, 93 Points
  • New York International Wine Show 2019 – Eden Valley Shiraz Winery of the Year and Gold Medal
  • Vienna AWC International Wine Challenge 2019 – Gold Medal 91 Points
  • San Francisco International Wine Competition 2018 – Gold Medal – 91 points
  • The Seguin Moreau Great Australian Shiraz Challenge 2018 – Silver Medal
  • Korea Wine Challenge 2019 – Silver Medal
  • James Halliday Wine Companion 2019 – 96 Points 

“From a 105 year old south-facing vineyard, two-thirds crushed on top of one-third whole bunches for open fermentation, 11 days on skins, matured for 30 months in French barriques. The depth, power and intensity of the thick velvet mantle of black fruits, licorice, spice and charcuterie will require a decade or more of patience if you are to extract the best of a very different shiraz.” – James Halliday

2015 Vintage

  • Sommelier Challenge International Wine & Spirits Competition 2017 – Trophy, Best Shiraz
  • Sommelier Wine Awards London 2018 – Gold Medal
  • San Diego International Wine & Spirit Competition 2017 – Gold Medal
  • International Wine Challenge (London) 2017- Gold Medal
  • Vienna AWC International Wine Challenge 2018 – Gold Medal
  • China Wine & Spirits Awards 2018 – Gold Med
  • KPMG Royal Sydney Wine Show 2018 – Silver Medal
  • Royal Adelaide Wine Show 2017 – Silver Medal
  • Decanter Asia Wine Awards 2018 – Silver Medal 90 Points
  • The Wine Advocate – 97 Points
  • James Halliday Australian Wine Companion – 95 Points
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  • “Loaded with oak but the fruit is so bright and floral – so pretty – that it’s entirely up for the challenge. Sweet, smoky, savoury and perfumed at once, this blue-red-black-berried wine comes shot with woodsy spice and primed with fine-grained tannin. It’s best suited to the mid-long term cellar but then, it does drink well now.” – James Halliday

2013 Vintage

  • Winemaker Challenge International Wine Competition (USA) 2015 – Platinum 94 Points
  • New York International Wine Competition 2016 – Gold Medal
  • Vienna AWC International Wine Challenge – Gold Medal
  • Critics Challenge (USA) 2015 – Gold Medal 91 Points
  • Melbourne International Wine Competition 2016 – Gold Medal
  • Melbourne International Wine Competition 2015 – Gold Medal
  • Barossa Wine Show 2016 – Gold Medal
  • Winewise Championship 2017 – Best Pre 2014 Shiraz
  • James Halliday Australian Wine Companion – 95 Points
  • San Diego International Wine Challenge 2016 – Silver Medal 87 Points
  • International Wine and Spirits Competition 2015 – Silver Medal
  • Decanter World Wine Awards 2015 – Silver Medal
  • Decanter World Wine Awards 2016 – Silver Medal
  • Vinalies Internationales 2016 – Silver Medal, 84 Points
  • San Francisco Wine Competition 2015 – Silver Medal
  • The Spiegelau International Wine Competition NZ 2015 – Silver Medal
  • Decanter World Wine Awards 2016 – Silver Medal
  • Royal Adelaide Wine Show 2015 – Silver Medal
  • Royal Queensland Wine Show 2015 – Silver Medal

2012 Vintage

  • Barossa Wine Show (Australia) 2014 – Tanunda Cellars Trophy – Best Young Dry Red Shiraz, Classes 9 & 10
  • Barossa Wine Show – Rod Schubert Trophy (Australia) 2014 – Most Outstanding Barossa Red Table Wine, premium Classes
  • Barossa Wine Show (Australia) 2014 – Phil Hoffmann Travel Trophy – Most Outstanding Barossa Table Wine, premium Classes
  • San Diego International Wine Competition (USA) 2014 – Trophy & Platinum
  • San Diego International Wine Competition (USA) 2015 – Platinum Medal 95 Points
  • Winemaker Challenge International Wine Challenge (USA) Platinum
  • China Wine and Spirits Best Value Awards 2015 – Double Gold Medal
  • AWC Vienna International Wine Challenge (Austria) 2014- Gold Medal
  • Vinalies Internationales (France) 2015 – Gold Medal
  • James Suckling – 98 Points
  • Decanter Magazine – 95 Points
  • James Halliday Australian Wine Companion – 95 Points
  • Decanter Asia Wine Awards (Hong Kong) 2014 – Silver Medal
  • Cathay Pacific (Hong Kong) International Wine & Spirit Competition 2014 – Silver Medal
  • Decanter Shiraz tasting – Outstanding
  • International Wine and Spirits Competition 2014 – Silver Outstanding
  • International Wine Challenge (London) 2013 – Silver Medal
  • Sommelier Wine Awards 2015 (UK) – Silver Medal
  • Wine Review Online – 93 Points

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Vintage 2018

  • Winemaker International Wine Challenge (USA) 2021 – Trophy Wine of the Year, Trophy Best Shiraz, 96 Points
  • The Real Review, Ralph Kyte-Powell – 95 Points
  • James Suckling – 93 Points
  • Barossa Wine Show 2020 – 93 Points
  • Cuisine Magazine Shiraz Tasting July 2021 – No.1 Shiraz in Tasting
  • Melbourne International Wine Competition 2020 – Gold Medal
  • Women’s Wine & Spirits Awards 2020 – Gold Medal
  • Korea Wine Challenge 2021 – Gold Medal

Vintage 2017

  • James Halliday Australian Wine Companion – 98 Points
  • San Diego International Wine & Spirits Challenge 2020 – Platinum Medal, 94 Points
  • San Francisco International Wine Competition 2019 – Double Gold Medal, 94 Points
  • Sommelier Wine Awards 2020 (UK) – Gold Medal
  • Decanter World Wine Awards 2020 – 94 Points
  • Winemaker International Wine Challenge (USA) 2020 – Gold Medal, 93 Points
  • China Wine & Spirits Awards 2019 – Gold Medal
  • Woman Wine & Spirit Awards 2020 – Gold Medal
  • China Wine & Spirits Awards Best Value 2020 – Gold Medal

“Made from Colin Krohen’s Eden Valley vineyard planted over 100 years ago (1912). Hand-picked with one-third whole bunches, two-thirds crushed on top, open-fermented, 11 days on skins, matured for 30 months in French oak (50% new). The density of the colour is striking, as is the depth and power of the fruit. This is an extraordinary wine, the intensity of its black fruits awe-inspiring, oak and tannins insisting on adding their say.” James Halliday

Vintage 2016

  • Critics Challenge – Platinum Medal 94 Points
  • China Wine & Spirits Best Value Awards 2019 – Double Gold Medal
  • Winemaker Challenge International Wine Competition (USA) 2019 – Gold, 93 Points
  • New York International Wine Show 2019 – Eden Valley Shiraz Winery of the Year and Gold Medal
  • Vienna AWC International Wine Challenge 2019 – Gold Medal 91 Points
  • San Francisco International Wine Competition 2018 – Gold Medal – 91 points
  • The Seguin Moreau Great Australian Shiraz Challenge 2018 – Silver Medal
  • Korea Wine Challenge 2019 – Silver Medal
  • James Halliday Wine Companion 2019 – 96 Points 

“From a 105 year old south-facing vineyard, two-thirds crushed on top of one-third whole bunches for open fermentation, 11 days on skins, matured for 30 months in French barriques. The depth, power and intensity of the thick velvet mantle of black fruits, licorice, spice and charcuterie will require a decade or more of patience if you are to extract the best of a very different shiraz.” James Halliday

Vintage 2015

  • Sommelier Challenge International Wine & Spirits Competition 2017 – Trophy, Best Shiraz
  • Sommelier Wine Awards London 2018 – Gold Medal
  • San Diego International Wine & Spirit Competition 2017 – Gold Medal
  • International Wine Challenge (London) 2017- Gold Medal
  • Vienna AWC International Wine Challenge 2018 – Gold Medal
  • China Wine & Spirits Awards 2018 – Gold Med
  • KPMG Royal Sydney Wine Show 2018 – Silver Medal
  • Royal Adelaide Wine Show 2017 – Silver Medal 
  • Decanter Asia Wine Awards 2018 – Silver Medal 90 Points 
  • The Wine Advocate – 97 Points
  • James Halliday Australian Wine Companion – 95 Points

“Loaded with oak but the fruit is so bright and floral – so pretty – that it’s entirely up for the challenge. Sweet, smoky, savoury and perfumed at once, this blue-red-black-berried wine comes shot with woodsy spice and primed with fine-grained tannin. It’s best suited to the mid-long term cellar but then, it does drink well now.” James Halliday

Vintage 2013

  • Winemaker Challenge International Wine Competition (USA) 2015 – Platinum 94 Points
  • New York International Wine Competition 2016 – Gold Medal
  • Vienna AWC International Wine Challenge – Gold Medal
  • Critics Challenge (USA) 2015 – Gold Medal 91 Points
  • Melbourne International Wine Competition 2016 – Gold Medal
  • Melbourne International Wine Competition 2015 – Gold Medal
  • Barossa Wine Show 2016 – Gold Medal
  • Winewise Championship 2017 – Best Pre 2014 Shiraz
  • James Halliday Australian Wine Companion – 95 Points
  • San Diego International Wine Challenge 2016 – Silver Medal 87 Points
  • International Wine and Spirits Competition 2015 – Silver Medal
  • Decanter World Wine Awards 2015 – Silver Medal
  • Decanter World Wine Awards 2016 – Silver Medal
  • Vinalies Internationales 2016 – Silver Medal, 84 Points
  • San Francisco Wine Competition 2015 – Silver Medal
  • The Spiegelau International Wine Competition NZ 2015 – Silver Medal
  • Decanter World Wine Awards 2016 – Silver Medal
  • Royal Adelaide Wine Show 2015 – Silver Medal
  • Royal Queensland Wine Show 2015 – Silver Medal

Vintage 2012

  • Barossa Wine Show (Australia) 2014 – Tanunda Cellars Trophy – Best Young Dry Red Shiraz, Classes 9 & 10
  • Barossa Wine Show – Rod Schubert Trophy (Australia) 2014 – Most Outstanding Barossa Red Table Wine, premium Classes
  • Barossa Wine Show (Australia) 2014 – Phil Hoffmann Travel Trophy – Most Outstanding Barossa Table Wine, premium Classes
  • San Diego International Wine Competition (USA) 2014 – Trophy & Platinum
  • San Diego International Wine Competition (USA) 2015 – Platinum Medal 95 Points
  • Winemaker Challenge International Wine Challenge (USA) Platinum
  • China Wine and Spirits Best Value Awards 2015 – Double Gold Medal
  • AWC Vienna International Wine Challenge (Austria) 2014- Gold Medal
  • Vinalies Internationales (France) 2015 – Gold Medal
  • James Suckling – 98 Points
  • Decanter Magazine – 95 Points
  • Decanter Asia Wine Awards (Hong Kong) 2014 – Silver Medal
  • Cathay Pacific (Hong Kong) International Wine & Spirit Competition 2014 – Silver Medal
  • Decanter Shiraz tasting – Outstanding
  • International Wine and Spirits Competition 2014 – Silver Outstanding
  • International Wine Challenge (London) 2013 – Silver Medal
  • Sommelier Wine Awards 2015 (UK) – Silver Medal
  • Wine Review Online – 93 Points 
  • James Halliday Australian Wine Companion – 95 Points
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