The 2017 Blanc de Blanc which has spent around 80 months ageing under lees before disgorgement offers a striking nose of toasted brioche, struck flint, apricot pastry and preserved ginger. The palate finds the perfect match between richness and creaminess and the tell-tale brightness and vibrancy that comes from Chardonnay on Sussex chalk. This is a real success, full of complexity with a biscuity finish with accents of mandarin skin.

The 2017 Blanc de Blanc which has spent around 80 months ageing under lees before disgorgement offers a striking nose of toasted brioche, struck flint, apricot pastry and preserved ginger. The palate finds the perfect match between richness and creaminess and the tell-tale brightness and vibrancy that comes from Chardonnay on Sussex chalk. This is a real success, full of complexity with a biscuity finish with accents of mandarin skin.

Always a favourite from the Penfolds range, the St Henri Shiraz is fabulous. Beautifully expressive with waves of violets, tapenade, incence and cocoa this only grows with air and with time. There is a real sense of balance and harmony, and with ageing this will come together very well.

Expressive and open dripping with ripe pastille fruits, the RWT Shiraz is difficult to miss this year. There is some savoury spice of cedar and incense that mingles with the ripe dark berry fruit and a bold and intense finish that beckons you back for more.

This Coonawarra Cabernet is tightly wound with a brightness and energy that bursts through the palate. Violets, peony, espresso and liquorice waft from the core of red and dark cherry fruit. There tannins are supple and frame the rich fruit with a salinity and fleshiness with a finish that is balanced and delicious.

A slightly flinty nose with notes of white flowers, sea spray, and orange rind. There is a mouth-watering tension here that builds and builds. White grapefruit, acacia, and white peach fill out through the palate with a beautifully fresh finish.

The 707 Cabernet Sauvignon this year is a wine of power and vibrancy. There is a dense core of dark berry fruit with accents of cocoa and cedar spice. There is a richness yet a focus with a persuasive bold finish that demands your attention. A real benchmark, with waves of complexity.

A bold, expressive, and intense Grange there is a sense of power and confidence to the wine. Rich dark berry fruits, cocoa, liquorice and coffee spice are wrapped together in layers of complexity. There is freshness and focus on the palate with a tension at its core. A powerful, bold wine with a long life ahead of it.

The 2022 Vin de Constance is generous and expressive with notes of rose, lychee and Turkish Delight. There are layers of complexity with flavours of white peach, a little ginger spice and acacia. There is richness on the palate with notes of dried apricot and honeysoaked melon. This is a wine that offers salinity and drive through the palate, with a charm that feels immediate and long-lasting. -

2023 was a hot vintage in Chile but the Seña site benefitted from wide temperature ranges, from day to night, allowing the fruit to retain the fine and lively acid that frames the wine from start to finish. It is a detailed and pure wine, mineral on the nose with flint and graphite notes, overlaid by concentrated flavours of wild strawberry, black cherry and plum. There’s liquorice, sage and bay leaf with some nutmeg and cinnamon, adding nuance and complexity. With beautifully silky tannins and an enduring finish, the result is gorgeous and justifies Seña's position as one of the great red wines of the world.