Such a dense, rich and classic Heathcote Shiraz here! Really speaks of where it comes from, packed full of ripe fruit and rich red earth. The nose is jam-packed with mulberry, scorched plum and milk chocolate. On the palate, it really backs that up with some fierce, iron-like tannins and a dusty earthiness. There's plenty happening here - full bore, old school Shiraz that really hits the spot.

If there’s one thing that never fails to get us excited, it’s discovering a winery which blends a never-say-die attitude to viticulture with an approach to terroir that brings consistently fascinating results. Tellurian is an Aussie winery which ticks both boxes very well indeed, and since 2002, founder Ian Hopkins has been putting his land to impressive use and producing the kind of wines we love to drink on sunny afternoons (or on rainy afternoons. Or in the night-time. Or just before lunch…) The concept of Tellurian (whose name tellingly mean ‘of the land’) was born when Hopkins was offered the chance to explore his passion for Heathcote Shiraz and put his lifelong love affair with this wine style to good use. After looking high and low for the perfect plot of land, he settled on a vineyard on Mount Camel Range. Here, the 550 million-year-old Cambrian soils provide loads of distinct character and impart plenty of unique features to the grapes which grow so well in this corner of the country. It was a chance to figure out the flavours of a real slab of ancient Australia, and the results, frankly, couldn’t have been better. While Shiraz was the cornerstone of Tellurian for the first few years, Hopkins was never one to stop innovating and exploring. Before long, he and his team began experimenting with a range of Rhone Valley grapes - Marsanne, Roussanne, Viognier, and Grenache - and followed this with plantings of Italian grapes such as Nero d’Avola and Fiano. Each harvest brings plenty to crow about, as the Old World grapes take on plenty of Aussie character and a set of flavours - helped by Hopkin’s land-oriented method - which has allowed Tellurian to carve out a unique voice in the industry. Such a dense, rich and classic Heathcote Shiraz here! Really speaks of where it comes from, packed full of ripe fruit and rich red earth. The nose is jam-packed with mulberry, scorched plum and milk chocolate. On the palate, it really backs that up with some fierce, iron-like tannins and a dusty earthiness. There's plenty happening here - full bore, old school Shiraz that really hits the spot.