Lost Penny Four Coins Blend 2020 from the Barossa Valley is a boldly styled red blend led by Cabernet Sauvignon with Shiraz, Merlot and Grenache completing the quartet, delivering a rich, full bodied wine at 14.5 percent that really leans into Barossa generosity. It opens with sweet spice, satsuma plum, blackberry, boysenberry and vanilla, plus hints of purple florals, licorice, inky tones and light herbal flecks for extra complexity.

The palate is ripe, warm and packed with flavour, showing mouth filling red and black fruits, raspberry, vanilla and earthy notes over a savoury, medium to full bodied frame with bright acidity and compact sandy tannins. It feels rich and complex yet remains nicely shaped and bistro friendly, built for hearty food rather than quiet contemplation.

This Four Coins Blend 2020 is tailor made for braised beef, roast lamb, slow cooked casseroles or a good steak and chips, where its ripe fruit, spice, warmth and earthy undertones really lock in with robust, cold weather dishes on the table. Real Review and Halliday critics both sit it around 88 points, calling it a good, flavoursome Barossa bistro red.