2021 Eisenstone d'Or Shiraz

Eisenstone’s d’Or Shiraz is where Stephen Cook crafts something truly special - a wine that goes beyond single-vineyard expressions, blending the finest parcels from a standout vintage. In 2021, the fruit came predominantly from Greenock, known for its structure and depth, with smaller contributions from Marananga and Ebenezer, adding richness and intensity.

This wine spent 20 months in 50% new French oak, followed by another year of bottle aging before release, allowing it to develop layers of complexity and refinement. The goal here isn’t just power - though there’s plenty of that - but balance, texture, and longevity. The 2021 vintage was exceptional, producing wines with concentration, fine-grained tannins, and remarkable aging potential.

With only 800 individually numbered bottles produced, this is Eisenstone at its most precise and focused. A wine made for serious Barossa collectors, it’s drinking beautifully now but will continue to evolve for decades.

98 points
"Very deep and youthful purple-red colour for its age; smoky charcoal, graphite, mocha, and dark chocolate on the nose, including a generous quota of charry oak. The wine has extraordinary intensity and profound depth—the concentration not out of control but beautifully proportioned and balanced, retaining elegance and shape. Opulent, very long in the finish, and the tannins are rich, fleshy, and supple."
- Huon Hooke (The Real Review)

98 points
"Ripe blueberry, dark chocolate, candied violet, and vanilla bean aromatics. Big and robust, incredibly powerful black and blue fruits fill every crevice of the palate, then layers of black spices, vanilla pod, and dark chocolate add further intensity. Tannins are up to the task—serious in presence and power yet still ripe and fine-grained. It carries phenomenal length, almost never-ending, with tannins providing a finish of clarity and focus."
- Stuart Knox (The Real Review)

98 points
"This wine is from the very best grapes the team can source each vintage – and from a stellar year like 2021, we can expect something truly exciting... Dark mauve/maroon in colour, the nose exhibits dark chocolate, blueberries, woodsmoke, cassis, soy, mulberries, and tobacco leaves. Good concentration, immaculate balance, intensity, drive, focus, and great length. The structure is seamless, the texture decadently supple, the oak superbly handled, and the tannins silky smooth."
- Ken Gargett (The Vintage Journal)