2023 McLaren Vale Wine Show - Best Shiraz and Best Young Shiraz

As you pour a glass of Thistledown Thorny Devil Grenache 2022, be greeted by its vibrant ruby hue, inviting you to explore its depth. The nose is a captivating array of aromas: ripe red cherries and…

95 points – Huon Hooke, The Real Review Deep purple-red colour; the bouquet has raspberry and blackcurrant pastille aromas, complexed by gentle spice notes. The wine is medium-full bodied and laced…

Aromas of spiced plum, red cherry, thyme and rose. Full-bodied with gentle tannins. Enveloping and even on the palate, with steady intensity and a seamless.

This wine must be ordered online or by phone at 510-525-9463. Minimum orders are firm. Timelines associated with expedited delivery services are only from the date of shipment. Solano Cellars cannot…

Upon pouring, Thistledown The Quickening Shiraz 2021 mesmerizes with a deep, inviting ruby color. The nose is greeted with an enticing array of aromas: rich blackberries and lush plums, elegantly…

92 pts Wine Advocate Sept 2023 You can rely on Thistledown for great Grenache. It's their thing. Here, the 2022 The Vagabond Old Vine Grenache leads with a vibrant display of red berries, exotic…

The benchmark for contemporary Aussie Grenache. It hails from Blewitt Springs, the Grand Cru of Aussie Grenache if ever there was one. Giles and Fergal have spent years searching out the best…

Pouring a glass of Thistledown She's Electric Grenache 2021 reveals a wine with a mesmerizing ruby hue, inviting you to discover its depth. The nose is greeted with an enticing bouquet of red…

Pour a glass of Thistledown Vagabond Grenache 2021 and be greeted by its vibrant ruby hue, a prelude to the sensory delight that awaits. On the nose, this wine exudes an enticing bouquet of ripe red…

A hugely important wine for Thistledown as this helped to redefine what contemporary, old vine Grenache is all about. This is a single vineyard project inspired by a remarkable, typically Australian…

This is a very contemporary expression of Barossa Shiraz, reflecting the challenging yet beautiful site from which it hails. Inspired by the pink quartz and the struggle that these vines endure,…

94pts Gary Walsh, The Wine Front - Beheading an ‘immortal' producers a burst of energy called a ‘Quickening'. Not to be confused with ‘The Pentaveret', who run everything in the world, including the…

93 points James Halliday

96 pts Nick Stock, JamesSuckling.com - "A super fragrant and floral rendition of this old-vine parcel from the Seaview district of the vale. It has aromas of poached strawberries and raspberries with…

95 pts James Halliday Dry-grown fruit, low yields, old oak and 50% whole bunches. All good things! A limpid mid ruby. A nose suggestive of the sort of thirst-slaking succulence marking all wines…