Eileen Hardy Shiraz 2021 is a benchmark McLaren Vale shiraz – inky, dense and beautifully polished, showing why this label sits at the very top of the Hardys tree. It’s full‑bodied and powerful yet impeccably balanced, with serious depth and length for long‑term cellaring.

The aroma profile is loaded with blackberries, plum and blueberry, layered with chocolate, clove, smoky/meaty notes, iron, violet and a hint of peat and coffee. On the palate it’s intensely flavoured and silky, with dark berry fruit, mocha, spice and savoury, smoky complexity wrapped in elegantly fine tannins that sign off in a long, poised finish.

This Eileen Hardy Shiraz 2021 is tailor‑made for crusty, butter‑basted rib‑eye with thyme and garlic, slow‑braised beef short ribs, lamb shanks or rich mushroom dishes. It also pairs beautifully with aged hard cheeses or a serious barbecue spread, and will reward a decade or more in the cellar if you have the patience.