We love all of our wines, but don’t take our word for it! If you are looking for inspiration, here are a few reviews from a range of well respected industry experts.
2022 Spring Hill Shiraz – 92 Points – It's fruit-forward and inviting with sweet plum, floral, clove, and hazelnut aromas. The succulent palate offers beautifully rounded mouthfeel backed by supple texture and silky tannins, making it smooth and delightfully drinkable. At its best: now to 2032. Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, March 2025.
2024 Spring Hill Primitivo Rosé – 93 Points – Brightly fruited and immediately appealing, the wine shows crunchy apple, red cherry, fig, and white floral nuances, followed by a finely flowing palate that's juicy and lively. It is attractively styled with vibrant fruit flavours, making it highly enjoyable. At its best: now to 2026. Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, March 2025.
2024 Altitude Chardonnay – 93 Points – It's complex and elegant, with aromas of apricot, lemon peel, nougat, and roasted cashew. The palate displays fine flow and creamy texture, well supported by bright acidity, making it splendidly structured with a lingering, delectable finish. At its best: now to 2031. Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, March 2025.
2022 Altitude Eden Valley Shiraz – 94 Points – It's splendidly fruited and fragrant on the nose, showing blackberry, star anise, cracked pepper, and roasted nut aromas. The palate displays excellent weight and succulent fruit intensity, with supple texture and silky tannins, finishing persistent and satisfying. At its best: now to 2037. Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, March 2025.
2022 Altitude Barossa Valley Shiraz – 94 Points – Upfront and instantly appealing, the wine shows blackberry, floral, toasted spice, and cedar characters with a hint of dark cocoa. The palate delivers terrific richness and plump mouthfeel, wonderfully framed by silky texture and grainy tannins, making it sturdy and robust. At its best: now to 2037. Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, March 2025.
2021 Altitude Primitivo – 93 Points – This is sweetly ripe and perfumed on the nose, showing Black Doris plum, violet, game, thyme, and toasted almond characters. It's equally appealing in the mouth, displaying juicy fruit intensity with plump mouthfeel and fine-grained tannins, finishing long and very tasty. At its best: now to 2034. Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, March 2025.
2024 Spring Hill Riesling – 92 Points – Pale colour, green hue. Classic lemon lime, stone fruit, hint of verbena and white blossom. Plentiful lime, lemon curd with appealing fruit sweetness and linear acidity. An elegant, tactile wine with fine powdery/chalky texture and mineral finish. Drink now – 2032. Barossa Wine Guide - The Vintage Journal 2024
The Earl Sparkling Red – 90 Points – Deep ruby red with a fine bead at the rim. Blood plum, mulberry and thyme aromatics. Rich dark fruit on the palate, sweet and ripe so it fills the mouth. Good length, a hint of dried herbs shows towards the finish whilst the creamy bead adds to the sense of plushness. Very easily appreciated. The Real Review 2024
2020 Old Vine Shiraz – 95 Points – Deepish crimson. Lovely blackberry, dark plum, marzipan, vanilla aromas with hints of herbs. Ample blackberry, dark plum fruits, chocolatey textures and well-balanced mocha/marzipan, vanilla oak notes, Finishes chocolatey/bittersweet. Rich and flavourful wine with attractive density, energy and mineral length. Drink now – 2032. Barossa Wine Guide - The Vintage Journal 2024
2022 Altitude Cabernet Franc – Really elegant wine here with floral, musk and bright blue and lifted red fruits and hints of mintiness underneath with some struck match reduction. The palate feels ripe with pleasant sweetness from glycerol. This wine flows well and shows brown fig, deep inky texture and ironstone. The finish is present, yet the soft acid and tannin makes it very pleasant. Keeps me coming for more, yum. Stuart Dudine, Young Gun of Wine 2024
2022 Altitude Cabernet Franc – Aromas of baked fruits, and mountain flowers like chartreuse style or medicinal liqueurs, followed by a palate that is creamy, with lots of notes of buttery baked fruits, a lovely touch of sweetness, and well-balanced acid. The serious oak evident means this wine will benefit food and aging. Pierre Stock, Young Gun of Wine 2024
The Earl Sparkling Red – 91 Points – This sparkling red is a bit of a fruit salad but Shiraz, Merlot and Primitivo make up the lion's share of the blend. Foamy crimson with an energetic bead and characters of dark cherry, boysenberry and plummy fruits with hints of spice, fennel, mace, blackberry pastille, clove and some dark chocolate tones. Some musky perfume on the palate with expressive black fruits and morello cherry tones on the finish. Dave Brookes, Halliday Wine Companion 2024
2022 Altitude Cabernet Franc – 87 Points – The 2022 Altitude Cabernet Franc delivers fleshy slate, graphite and leafy aromas with red currant in the background. It is an early-drinking style with soft tannins and a herbal twist to the finish. Drink now – 2026. Angus Hughson, Vinous Media 2024
2021 Altitude Merlot – 90 Points – The charming 2021 Altitude Merlot delivers well-pitched blackcurrant and dried herbs aromas with a bright red cherry lift. A more savoury and gravelly palate follows with a strong herbal seam and firm-edged tannins, so it is likely best enjoyed with meaty dishes. Drink 2025 – 2028. Angus Hughson, Vinous Media 2024
2022 Altitude Barossa Valley Shiraz – 87 Points – The plump and fruit-forward 2022 Altitude Barossa Valley Shiraz is made to be enjoyed young. It’s simple and supple mulberry fruit is laced with spice and soft tannins. Drink now – 2026. Angus Hughson, Vinous Media 2024
2020 Icon Old Vine Shiraz – 92 Points – The complex and flavoursome 2020 Icon Old Vine Shiraz is showing some development with primary blackberry and chocolate topped by spicy, roast meat and butterscotch/caramel oak. The 202o is mouth filling and fleshy, with jammy complexity and silky textures fading out on the finish. Drink now – 2030. Angus Hughson, Vinous Media 2024
2020 Icon Old Vine Shiraz – 95 Points – Deepish crimson. Lovely blackberry, dark plum, marzipan, vanilla aromas with hints of herbs. Ample blackberry, dark plum fruits, chocolatey textures and well-balanced mocha/ marzipan, vanilla oak notes. Finishes chocolatey/bittersweet. Rich and flavourful wine with attractive density, energy and mineral length. Drink now – 2032. The Vintage Journal, 2024
2021 Altitude Merlot – 90 Points – Medium deep crimson. Intense red plum red cherry minty/ menthol aromas with hint of dark chocolate. fresh red cherry, plum minty flavours and fine slinky textures. Bittersweet crunchy finish. High tensile fruit driven wine with the bush garrigue/ minty notes giving lift and freshness. Drink now - soon. The Vintage Journal, 2024
2022 Altitude Eden Valley Shiraz – 91 Points – Medium deep crimson. Fresh red cherry, blackberry hint menthol bush garrigue aromas. Elemental unevolved pure blackberry, raspberry flavours, a core of fruity sweetness and bittersweet persistent tannins. Gravelly at the finish with aniseed notes. drink now – 2028. The Vintage Journal 2024
2022 Altitude Cabernet Franc – 93 Points – Medium deep colour. Lifted and perfumed chamomile, blackcurrant, red currant hint musky aromas with hints of chocolate and mint. Juicy and fresh with abundant dark and red berry fruits, loose knit tannins and long fresh acidity. Firms up at the finish. Fruit driven wine with very good volume and drive. Medium term wine. Drink now – 2028. The Vintage Journal 2024
2022 Altitude Barossa Valley Shiraz – 92 Points – Medium deep crimson. Blackberry, mulberry, hint leafy aromas, richly flavoured and supple with pure blackberry, mulberry fruits and persistent graphite firm tannins. Sturdy and fruit dominant wine. Drink now – 2028. The Vintage Journal 2024.
2024 Spring Hill Riesling – 92 Points – Pale colour, green hue. Classic lemon lime, stone fruit, hint of verbena and white blossom. Plentiful lime, lemon curd with appealing fruit sweetness and linear acidity. An elegant, tactile wine with fine powdery/chalky texture and mineral finish. Drink now – 2032. The Vintage Journal 2024
2021 Altitude Primitivo – 90 Points – Deep ruby-red colour. The nose is ripe and raw, with black cherry, panforte, Italian deli and sun-baked earth aromas. It tastes ripe and slightly fruit-sweet with plenty of body and concentration, while retaining mouth-watering freshness. It's high in alcohol but carries it well. Ralph Kyte-Powell, The Real Review 2024
2022 Altitude Barossa Valley Shiraz – 92 Points – Lovely colour, deep, dark and very youthful. Heady aromas of stewed plum, coffee grounds, spice, mulberry, cola and smoked meats. Opulent and fleshy in flavour, all dark fruits, spice and chewy oak. Big framed, juicy and decent value. Aaron Brasher, The Real Review 2024
2022 Altitude Cabernet Franc – 92 Points – Deep, dark, youthful and impressively vibrant in the glass. Fragrant, complex and lifted aromas of dried flowers, violets, licorice, mulberry, blackberry and graphite. Fleshy, bright and plush in flavour. Lashings of dark fruits, sweet spice, creamy oak, cola and bramble. Long, layered and mouth-filling with textured tannins and punchy acidity. Aaron Brasher, The Real Review 2024
2021 Altitude Cabernet Sauvignon – 92 Points – Deep, dark and youthful in appearance. Lifted and layered aromas of blackberry, bramble, cedar, pencil shavings, eucalyptus and graphite. There lovely vibrancy and purity of cabernet fruit here. Lashings of blackcurrant, mulberry, cassis, spice and a lifted, leafy mintiness. The tannins are textured, layered and shapely and the acidity delivers plenty of life and crunch. A delightfully drinkable and very cellarable cabernet. Aaron Brasher, The Real Review 2024
The Earl Sparkling Red – 90 Points – Deep ruby red with a fine bead at the rim. Blood plum, mulberry and thyme aromatics. Rich dark fruit on the palate, sweet and ripe so it fills the mouth. Good length, a hint of dried herbs shows towards the finish whilst the creamy bead adds to the sense of plushness. Very easily appreciated. Stuart Knox, The Real Review 2024
