The Halliday Wine Companion Awards celebrate the best wines in Australia. Below you'll find Australia's top shiraz wines, along with the wine ratings awarded by the Tasting Team.
Shiraz is arguably the hardest category for us to judge. Not on a wine-by-wine basis – that’s the easy bit. But sitting down at our annual awards judging and ranking them; that’s difficult. The quality is uniformly high, but the styles are more diverse than in any other category. This of course is an overwhelming positive for the landscape of Australian wine. We make great shiraz, but we’re not a one-trick pony. Name your style, mood or food preference and the below list has you well and truly covered.
2025 Best Shiraz of the Year in Australia
Yarra Yering Dry Red Wine No. 2 2022, Yarra Valley
99 points (PD*) | Price when tasted $130
A blend of 96/1/2/1 per cent shiraz/viognier/marsanne/ mataro. Fermented with whole berries and matured in barriques (25 per cent new). A brilliant crimson red. In fact, a brilliant Dry Red Wine No. 2. There's a little reduction when first poured but it doesn't take long for this to reveal a complex amalgam of red and black fruits, iodine, graphite and melted, dark licorice. Fleshier and more refined and seductive than last year's version. Incredibly svelte tannins. Supremely balanced. I reckon Yarra Yering's founder, Dr Bailey Carrodus, would be chuffed with this. – Philip Rich
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Top-rated shiraz/syrah from the 2025 Companion
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Bekkers
Single Vineyard Selection Clarendon Syrah 2021
McLaren Vale -
Henschke
Hill of Grace 2019
Eden Valley -
Teusner
Albert Shiraz 2021
Barossa Valley -
Yarra Yering
Dry Red Wine No. 2 2022
Yarra Valley -
Brokenwood
Graveyard Vineyard Shiraz 2022
Hunter Valley -
Grant Burge
Filsell 100th Anniversary Limited Edition Shiraz 2021
Barossa Valley -
Henschke
Hill of Grace M&R Release Shiraz 2008
Eden Valley -
Henschke
Mount Edelstone 2019
Eden Valley -
Hentley Farm Wines
Clos Otto Shiraz 2021
Barossa Valley -
Koomilya
JC Block Shiraz 2021
McLaren Vale -
Mayer
Syrah 2023
Yarra Valley -
Mount Langi Ghiran
Langi Shiraz 2021
Grampians -
Mount Pleasant
1921 Vines Old Paddock Vineyard Shiraz 2022
Hunter Valley -
Mount Pleasant
Maurice O'Shea Shiraz 2021
Hunter Valley -
Murdoch Hill
Orion Oakbank Syrah 2022
Adelaide Hills -
Sami-Odi
Hoffmann Dallwitz Syrah 2022
Barossa Valley -
Sami-Odi
Hoffmann Dallwitz Syrah 2021
Barossa Valley -
Serrat
Shiraz Viognier 2023
Yarra Valley -
The Standish Wine Company
The Schubert Theorum 2021
Barossa Valley -
Torbreck Vintners
The Laird 2019
Barossa Valley -
Turkey Flat
Shiraz 2020
Barossa Valley -
Yarra Yering
Underhill 2022
Yarra Valley -
Alkina Wine Estate
Striato Shiraz 2022
Barossa Valley -
Bondar Wines
Midnight Hour Shiraz 2022
McLaren Vale -
Brokenwood
Verona Vineyard Shiraz 2022
Hunter Valley -
Brokenwood
Tallawanta Vineyard Shiraz 2022
Hunter Valley -
Dalwhinnie
The Pinnacle Shiraz 2021
Pyrenees -
Dalwhinnie
The Eagle Shiraz 2020
Pyrenees -
De Bortoli
Section A8 Syrah 2022
Yarra Valley -
Giant Steps
Tarraford Vineyard Syrah 2022
Yarra Valley -
Henschke
Mount Edelstone M&R Release Shiraz 2013
Eden Valley -
Hewitson
Monopole Mother Vine Shiraz 2021
Barossa Valley -
Koomilya
DC Block Shiraz 2021
McLaren Vale -
Langmeil Winery
The Freedom 1843 Shiraz 2021
Barossa Valley -
Mewstone Wines
Hughes & Hughes Single Clone Syrah 2022
Tasmania -
Ministry of Clouds
Single Vineyard Blewitt Springs Shiraz 2021
McLaren Vale -
MMAD Vineyard
Blewitt Springs Shiraz 2022
McLaren Vale -
Mount Pleasant
Mountain D Full Bodied Dry Red 2022
Hunter Valley -
Mount Pleasant
O.P. & O.H. Single Vineyard Shiraz 2022
Hunter Valley -
Mount Pleasant
Rosehill Vineyard Shiraz 2022
Hunter Valley -
Mulline
Single Vineyard Barrabool Syrah 2023
Geelong -
Oakridge Wines
Vineyard Series Oakridge Shiraz 2022
Yarra Valley -
Penfolds
Grange Bin 95 2019
South Australia -
Peter Lehmann
Masterson Barossa Shiraz 2018
Barossa Valley -
Seville Estate
Dr McMahon Shiraz 2021
Yarra Valley -
Seville Estate
Shiraz 2022
Yarra Valley -
Syrahmi
La La Shiraz 2018
Heathcote -
Tahbilk
1860 Vines Shiraz 2020
Nagambie Lakes -
The Standish Wine Company
Lamella 2021
Eden Valley -
Thousand Candles
Single Vineyard Syrah 2021
Yarra Valley -
Torbreck Vintners
The Forebear 2019
Barossa Valley -
Torbreck Vintners
RunRig 2021
Barossa Valley -
Tyrrell’s Wines
Vat 9 Winemaker's Selection Shiraz 2022
Hunter Valley -
Tyrrell’s Wines
Johnno's Shiraz 2022
Hunter Valley -
Tyrrell’s Wines
8 Acres Shiraz 2022
Hunter Valley -
Tyrrell’s Wines
4 Acres Shiraz 2022
Hunter Valley -
Wolf Blass
Platinum Label Shiraz 2021
Barossa Valley -
Yalumba
The Steeple Single Vineyard Shiraz 2019
Barossa Valley -
Yarra Yering
Underhill Foudre Shiraz 2019
Yarra Valley -
Yering Station
Reserve Shiraz Viognier 2022
Yarra Valley
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This is an edited extract from the 2025 Halliday Wine Companion, with reviews by James Halliday, Campbell Mattinson, Dave Brookes, Jane Faulkner, Jeni Port, Marcus Ellis, Mike Bennie, Philip Rich, Shanteh Wale and Toni Paterson MW. Cover art by Vera Babida.
*Panel decision – score awarded by the Halliday Tasting Team at the annual Awards judging.