95 Point Rated - Jeni Port Halliday Wine Companion

"Sourced from the Arrawatta Hill blocks in Great Western and Imperial blocks adjacent the winery. Partial whole-bunch fermentation on selected parcels, maturation in barrique, puncheon and 2800L cask. St. Peters continues its drive for greater elegance while retaining a serious degree of complexity. Not all that easy to achieve in the 2020 vintage, but it's there in the glass, a vibrantly fresh and fragrant Grampians shiraz. Blackberry, cassis, licorice and lifted woody spices steal your attention. A palate, sinewy in tannin and structure, delves deeper into the rich resource of fruit, aided and abetted by smoky, intriguing oak. Fab drinking now and so much more to give." 

95 Point Rated - Jeni Port Wine Pilot

"Former Wolf Blass winemaker, Clare Dry, underwent a baptism of fire when she started at Seppelt in late 2020. Her first job was to blend the company’s flagship red, St. Peters Shiraz. The wine was made by Adam Carnaby, but the final taste and shape of the wine shows Clare’s touch. It’s unusually open for a St. Peters – it’s a style that can be closed and in need of a decanter at this early stage – and this vintage is ready to reveal a wealth of black berry, black cherry, anise, black olive savoury notes, briar and earth. At its heart is a core of concentrated fruit power with generous cedar oak that has been slurped up. Oak is not intrusive, but it is certainly noted. Tannins are ripe and even handed. As always, St. Peters is worthy of extended time in the cellar."

95 Point Rated - Andrew Caillard MW

94 Point Rated - Ned Goodwin MW

"A wine with a great track record, marked often by the capacity to age well. No exception this vintage. A warm and very ripe year. And it shows. Dense. A palate-staining sense of extract evinces authority as much as the floral lilt, a welcome levity. Boysenberry, dark cherry, pepper grind, clove, mace and cardamon riffs are drawn to a fine conclusion, lingering long with a whiff of mint and liniment. A classy effort."

93 Point Rated - Aaron Brasher The Real Review

"Lovely brightness and lively in the glass. Complex and lifted aromas of plum, mulberry, ironstone, mulchy underbrush (reduced?) and pepper. Brooding dark fruits on the palate, blackberry, boysenberry, dried herbs, spice, cedar and a cool menthol edge. Sweet oak, firm, structured oak and bright acidity deliver line, length and structure. A touch of reduction plays out at this point in time"

92 Point Rated - Angus Hughson Wine Pilot 

Gold Medal 

Jeni Port Halliday Wine Companion 2022