Best's

Legendary Wines from a National Treasure - Best's carries a 150 year history built on one of the world's most significant vineyards, original plantings by Henry Best in Great Western Victoria. These are world class wines from an ancient site, showing old vine finesse and refined medium-bodied generosity, framed by a cool climate character.

  • Best's Great Western Bin 1 Shiraz 2020

    Best's Great Western Bin 1 Shiraz 2020

    Region: VIC- Great Western

    95 POINTS! - JAMES SUCKLING

      "This is a traditional Australian shiraz in the best sense, with a wealth of black, red and ripe orange fruit. Deep and rich, with a stunningly fine tannin structure and a lovely blood orange freshness at the long, structured and spicy finish...

    Current stock: 12

    $26.00
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  • Best's Great Western Hamill Shiraz 2019

    Best's Great Western Hamill Shiraz 2019

    Region: VIC- Great Western

    JAMES SUCKLING 95 POINTS!

      "Deep yet transparent nose of plum, candied orange and wet earth. At once fleshy and elegant on the very focused palate, which has a wonderful delicacy. Long refined finish. From the Sugarloaf Creek Vineyard." - James Suckling  

    Current stock: 9

    $58.00
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  • Best's Foudre Ferment Riesling 2023

    Best's Foudre Ferment Riesling 2023

    Region: VIC- Great Western

    JAMES HALLIDAY 95 POINTS!
    WINE ADVOCATE 95 POINTS!
    WINE FRONT 94 POINTS!

      "The 2022 Foudre Ferment Riesling is mouthfilling and complete, with layers of bath salts, lime blossoms, custard, cheesecloth, Golden Delicious apples, nashi pears, a hint of lychee and a waft of rose petal. There are also notes of beeswax and...

    Qualifies for 10% discount in a straight dozen

    $35.00
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  • Best's Great Western Rose 2021

    Best's Great Western Rose 2021

    Region: VIC- Great Western

    A DRY, ZINGY ROSE DESTINED AND DESIGNED FOR PICNICS!

      "A blend of pinot noir, pinot meunier and shiraz in good form here, with tea-rose hues and aromas in the floral–acacia spectrum, with cherry, macaroon and spice. The palate's sturdy, well structured and dry, with bright acidity." - Jeni...

    Qualifies for 10% discount in a straight dozen

    $26.00
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  • Best's Thomson Family Shiraz 2019

    Best's Thomson Family Shiraz 2019

    Region: VIC- Great Western

    JAMES HALLIDAY 96 POINTS!
    JAMES SUCKLING 96 POINTS!

      "Come from the original 1868 plantings, which is quite something. Black and blue fruit, hazelnut, seaweed, a little nougat and spice. It’s blue fruited, quite dense and firm, but also a little salty, with a fine chew to tannin, savoury...

    Current stock: 7

    $248.00
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  • Best's Thomson Family Shiraz 2017 1500mL-Magnum (Minor Damaged Label)

    Best's Thomson Family Shiraz 2017 1500mL-Magnum (Minor Damaged Label)

    Region: VIC- Great Western

    JAMES HALLIDAY 99 POINTS!

      "Come from the original 1868 plantings, which is quite something. Black and blue fruit, hazelnut, seaweed, a little nougat and spice. It’s blue fruited, quite dense and firm, but also a little salty, with a fine chew to tannin, savoury and...

    Current stock: 1

    $495.00
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  • Best's Thomson Family Shiraz 2017

    Best's Thomson Family Shiraz 2017

    Region: VIC- Great Western

    JAMES HALLIDAY 99 POINTS!
    "You’d stand up for royalty, and that’s this wine."

        "Youthful and bright, the bouquet clean and fresh and loaded with dark-cherry and blackberry aromas, the palate full-bodied, round and soft-textured. The tannins are ample but very fine and seamless, belying its obvious long-term ageing...

    Current stock: 3

    $245.00
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  • Best's Great Western Bin 0 Shiraz 2014

    Best's Great Western Bin 0 Shiraz 2014

    Region: VIC- Great Western

    Wine Front 95 points!
    Jeremy Oliver 94 points!
    Andrew Graham 94 points!

      "Best's' touchstones of history are part of what makes them one of my favourite Victorian wine producers (of a pretty long list of course). Something special though. As with this wine. Pours with that satisfying purply hue amongst the black and...

    Current stock: 2

    $99.00
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  • Best's Thomson Family Shiraz 2014

    Best's Thomson Family Shiraz 2014

    Region: VIC- Great Western

    JEREMY OLIVER 96 POINTS
    ANDREW GRAHAM 95 POINTS!

      "A deeply flavoured and exotically spiced shiraz whose peppery, floral bouquet of pristine blackcurrants, mulberries and dark plums has a musky, cedary background and a hint of earthiness. Medium to full-bodied, it’s long and luscious,...

    Current stock: 1

    $265.00
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  • Best's Thomson Family Shiraz 2012

    Best's Thomson Family Shiraz 2012

    Region: VIC- Great Western

    Tyson Stezler 98 points
    Jeremy Pringle 96 points!

      "The sheer vibrancy and purity of fruit is nothing short of a marvel from these grand, dry grown 1867 vines planted by Henry Best himself. The 2012 is just the 13th release, precociously backward on release, promising a monumental future, yet so...

    Current stock: 4

    $235.00
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  • [SOLD-OUT] Best's Great Western Sparkling Shiraz 2019

    [SOLD-OUT] Best's Great Western Sparkling Shiraz 2019

    Region: VIC- Great Western

    A UNIQUE YET UNDERAPPRECIATED WINE STYLE FROM THIS VICTORIAN ICON

      Deep dark magenta with a glazed ruby hue. Intense and lifted aromatics of aniseed, black pepper, cherry cola and plum. Complexing savoury notes of star anise, tanned leather and chacuterie through maturation in barrel and time on lees in...

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    $35.00
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  • [SOLD-OUT] Best's Great Western Sparkling Shiraz 2018

    [SOLD-OUT] Best's Great Western Sparkling Shiraz 2018

    Region: VIC- Great Western

    AN ICON OF THE STYLE! BEAUTIFUL, FRESH, INTENSE AND FRUIT TINGLY.

      "Best’s Great Western Sparkling Shiraz was re- introduced at Best’s in 2006 after almost 40 years of absence. The sparkling Shiraz style is synonymous with Great Western and has been made in the region since the early 1900s...

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    $35.00
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  • [SOLD-OUT] Best's Old Vine Pinot Meunier 2020

    [SOLD-OUT] Best's Old Vine Pinot Meunier 2020

    Region: VIC- Great Western

    96 POINTS JAMES HALLIDAY!

      "A wine of both astonishing history and grace. Part of its great appeal is a delicacy and purity of meunier rarely, if ever, encountered, and at just 12% alcohol. Spring florals, musky spice, leafy underbrush, black cherry, mulberry ... the...

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    $105.00
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  • [SOLD-OUT] Best's Great Western Riesling 2021

    [SOLD-OUT] Best's Great Western Riesling 2021

    Region: VIC- Great Western

    JAMES HALLIDAY 96 POINTS! WINE FRONT 93 POINTS!

      "Great Western Riesling. As I say every year: yes please. It’s just such a lovely wine to drink. It offers intensity and character in the most undemanding of ways: one sip and you’re off and away. Lime, talc and steel. A whisper of...

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    $25.00
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  • [SOLD-OUT] Best's Pinot Meunier 2017

    [SOLD-OUT] Best's Pinot Meunier 2017

    Region: VIC- Great Western

    "Pinot Meunier from Best’s. Here blended with Pinot Noir, and a whole bunch component. This is made from Best’s younger vine pinot meunier plantings (as in, planted in 1970), with help from Best’s Old Clone Pinot Noir. Light to look at and indeed it’s...

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    $45.00
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