2020 Barossa Bourne Shiraz Barossa Valley 750 ml

South Australia’s Barossa Valley is the world’s epicenter for lush, jammy, vibrant, and rich Shiraz. But Barossa Shiraz is no longer synonymous with across-the-board value the way it once was. Bottles that were a steal at $20 two decades ago are now in the $40 range. 

Which is why the 2020 Barossa Bourne Shiraz Barossa Valley is such a spectacular buy. 

Crafted by winemaker Stuart Bourne—alum of Halliday Five-Star Château Tanunda and 2020 Winemaker of the Year from the Barons of Barossa—this is an old-school Aussie Shiraz bursting with the bombast that made the world fall in love with Barossa. 

Stuart Bourne hails from a grape-growing family in Australia’s Clare Valley, but he is Barossa through and through. After studying science and enology at the University of Adelaide, he worked across various Australian wine regions before settling in Barossa in 2001 He’s since become an integral figure in the area, particularly as the winemaker for Soul Growers, of which Barossa Bourne is a part.

To the few red wine drinkers who need an intro to the Barossa Valley, the sun-baked region stretches across South Australia's wine heartland, a landscape of rolling hills and ancient valleys that has drawn winemakers for generations. The vineyards are bracketed by towering gum trees, native shrubs, and wildflowers, creating a distinctly Australian scene. 

This magical place, where the iron-rich soils and Mediterranean climate turn out especially compelling Shiraz, produces some of Australia's most profound wines: priceless bottles like Penfolds Grange, all the way down to value bangers like this one.