96 Point Rated - Stuart Knox The Real Review

"Ink black core into a deeply-staining purple rim. Plums, meat, and lavender flowers explode form the glass, whilst the palate sits rich, deep and all encompassing. There's a serious intensity of fruit that is backed up with layers of meat and smoky complexity and ample fine-grained tannins to keep everything focused and carrying incredible length. An excellent wine that has both power and poise"

95 Point Rated - Ned Goodwin James Halliday Wine Companion 

"A confluence of fruit planted in 1892 in Upper Tintara, together with McLaren Flat sourcing from the Elliot site, much of which is 57 years old. Fermented wild in open-tops before maturation in French oak (25% new) for 17 months. Powerful and heady, yet taut, spicy and introverted. White pepper and clove serve up first impressions. Blueberry, violet and a ferrous meatiness unravel with a workout in the glass. The finish is exceptionally long and detailed, if not drying and in need of time. This should come together very well."

95+ Point Rated - Erin Larkin Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

"This is an old-school, widely collected wine in Australia, with a long history. The 2019 Eileen Hardy Shiraz is from a single place (McLaren Vale), albeit from two different vineyards: Upper Tintara (planted late 1800s) and a vineyard on the McLaren Flat. In the winery, the wine was wild fermented in open-top fermenters and matured in French oak (25% new) for 17 months. This has a sybaritic polish and density to the fruit, which is wholly supported by a firm framework of tannins in the mouth. This tells us how inchoate this wine is at this stage, and that it needs either decanting or patience as it opens up. The tannins through the finish are the key to this wine's success: chalky, instigating and masticating and very fine; they linger and trail over the palate."