2018 Mount Langi Ghiran Cliff Edge Shiraz Grampians Australia 750 ml

In June of 1996, Wine Spectator blasted out “Australia Hits the Big Time,” on a cover featuring three towering bottles of Shiraz. Two were marquee bottlings, Henschke Mount Edelstone and Penfolds Grange, which retail for $180 and $600+. The third was from Mount Langi Ghiran.

Demand skyrocketed, especially domestically. That’s why 80% of Mount Langi’s outstanding Cliff Edge Shiraz never leaves Australia, and why we had to work for years to nab our first allocation. 

One sip of the 2018 Cliff Edge will show you not only why Aussie critic James Halliday singled it out as a 96-point special value, but why our members have praised it as “astounding at the price.” It’s one of Australia’s most overachieving bottles, and we’re thrilled to have this allocation.

Mount Langi's late Trevor Mast, began humbly, toiling in a tin shed that smelled of garlic from the salamis that the winery’s founding family used to cure there. First as a consulting winemaker and then as the owner, Mast set about fulfilling his revolutionary vision of a cool-climate Australian Shiraz. 

He picked the perfect region. The Grampians is cool and capable of putting out peppery, complex Shiraz that’s got more in common with the best of the Northern Rhône than with the highly extracted Shiraz typically associated with Australia. Trevor’s vision and hard work are what set Mount Langi Ghiran on the course to become one of Australia’s most respected wineries.