With its intensely concentrated, ripe red fruits, Christmas pudding spices and masses of cherry and blackcurrant flavours, this shiraz had me swooning. Seven years since vintage and the acidity is incredibly fresh and juicy, while the tannins are deliciously dusty and have lovely grip. Made from century-old vines, this Aussie beauty is named after the HMS Calliope (the only Royal Australian Navy ship to survive the 1889 Samoa cyclone) and it’ll definitely create a storm in your wine glass.
