Vintage
2021
ABV
13.5%
Wine Type
Red
Wine Style
Still
Wine Description
Best’s Bin No 0 Shiraz is produced from the four original Shiraz plantings in the low yielding blocks of the historic Concongella vineyard at Great Western. This includes nineteenth century and mid twentieth century plantings of Shiraz which result in very low yielding, intense vines. The fruit is hand-selected, sorted and fermented in small-batches and matured in the finest barrels in our underground cellar.
Bin 0 is made to be an age worthy style and has been the undisputed icon of Great Western Shiraz for many decades. It is internationally acclaimed as one of Australia’s great Shiraz wines.
Accolades
Halliday Wine Companion 2025 – Campbell Mattinson, December 2023
This is understated and slightly surly, but its future is as bright as ever. It will need time. It tastes of black cherries, saltbush, dark earth and herbs, with a thin layer of cedarwood oak helping to tie it all together. Tannin is fine and filigreed; length is pulsing and assured. It's medium in weight, and it will become more expressive as it matures. Rating: SILVER 94 points,
The Wine Advocate, Erin Larkin - Nov 2024
The 2021 Great Western Shiraz Bin No 0 is, as usual, a vibrant, pure, silky wine with lashings of red fruits and exotic spices: star anise, shaved fennel, cassis, raspberry, licorice and more. This is a lovely wine to drink now, due to the aforementioned, but it represents a savvy cellaring proposition as well. I have been fortunate enough to taste back to the 1967 vintage (earlier this year, at the estate), and the wines, with age, adopt a profound, ethereal quality. And these days, you won't have to contend with the corks. This comes highly recommended, Rating: 95 points
Winemaker's Bio
Justin Purser brings extensive international experience and perspective to Best’s Wines. After graduating from Adelaide University with a Bachelor of Science in Oenology, Justin worked at Primo Estate Wines in South Australia. From there he moved overseas where he worked vintages at Peregrine Wines in Central Otago, New Zealand, and Azienda Brezza Giacomo e Figli in Barolo. Between 2008 and 2011, Justin supervised a team at Domaine de Montille, Volnay, in Burgundy, where he oversaw the production of Grand Cru and Premier Cru wines. In November 2011, Justin relocated from France for his role as Winemaker at Best’s.
