Two Hands Single Vineyard Series

96 Points - Jeb Dunnuck "In the Single Vineyard series, the 2016 Shiraz Yacca Block Single Vineyard comes from the Eden Valley which is just to the west of Barossa. It offers a gorgeously complex bouquet of black raspberries, toasted spices, blackberries, ground pepper, and dried flowers. Deep, opulent, voluptuous, and incredibly texture on the palate, it has no hard edges, fine tannin, and a great finish. It’s my favorite of the Single Vineyard releases and can be drunk anytime over the coming 10-15 years."

Barossa Super 100 Classification – Wines over $100

With over 100 wines featured in the Classification the list represents the depth of collectable wines of distinction being made in Australia’s most famous wine region. 

97 Points - James Halliday "Perched high up on the hillside of the Eden Valley, this beautifully positioned vineyard is surrounded by ancient Yaccas. Yacca Block sits at the top of Menglers Hill and is a prime example of the role sub-regionality plays in serious winemaking, with this vineyard only a 25 minutes drive from the western ranges of the Barossa Valley. The soil here is a mix of both quartz and ironstone and the vineyard’s high altitude allows for slow ripening that leads to a very soft and elegant shiraz. Grower Joel Mattschoss has been a great supporter and friend of Two Hands, recently starting a business partnership with a new, exciting project titled ‘Love Over Gold’. This vineyard site also supplies Shiraz for Charlie’s Garden, and Riesling for The Boy."

96 Points - Jeb Dunnuck "In the Single Vineyard series, the 2016 Shiraz Yacca Block Single Vineyard comes from the Eden Valley which is just to the west of Barossa. It offers a gorgeously complex bouquet of black raspberries, toasted spices, blackberries, ground pepper, and dried flowers. Deep, opulent, voluptuous, and incredibly texture on the palate, it has no hard edges, fine tannin, and a great finish. It’s my favorite of the Single Vineyard releases and can be drunk anytime over the coming 10-15 years."

95 Points - Joe Czerwinski (erobertparker.com) "Sourced from Clare Valley, the 2016 Shiraz Heartbreak Hill Roach Road Hut is a terrific wine, not out of place at all among the Barossans in the Two Hands line-up. Loaded with raspberry fruit and dried spices, it’s full-bodied, supple and long, with fine-grained, silky tannins that caress the palate. Remarkable, given the vines are only 12-13 years old."

94 points - Jeb Dunnuck "The inky colored 2016 Shiraz Heartbreak Hill Single Vineyard comes from the Clare Valley which is north of Adelaide. This region is mostly known for Riesling and consists of a north-south running valley and a continental climate (cool/cold nights and warm hot days). Its deep purple color is followed by a concentrated yet elegant Shiraz that offers plenty of black and blue fruits, dark chocolate, and crushed rock/mineral aromas and flavors. Picking up more violet and spice nuances with time in the glass, it hits the palate with medium to full-bodied richness, a silky texture, beautiful purity of fruit, and a great finish. This beauty shines for its finesse and elegance and has enough tannin to benefit from 2-3 years of bottle age. It will keep for over a decade."

The Holy Grail Shiraz vineyard is found in the sub-region of Seppeltsfield, in the Barossa Valley.

Barossa Super 100 Classification – Wines over $100

With over 100 wines featured in the Classification the list represents the depth of collectable wines of distinction being made in Australia’s most famous wine region.

97 Points - James Halliday

De-stemmed to open stainless steel and concrete fermenters, pumped over and plunged twice daily, 13-18 days on skins, matured in French puncheons and hogsheads (18% new) for 19 months. Deep, dense colour; the striking bouquet exudes savoury pipe tobacco and smoke aromas, spices also seeking airplay. The full-bodied palate features a titanic struggle between the plethora of black fruits and insistent high quality tannins evident from the first sip all the way through to the aftertaste. Remarkable wine.

The first part of this site was purchased in 2008 and included 52 acres of vacant land. The vision was to wait until resources permitted and plant this ares of land as specifically as possible. Just before the 2015 vintage a further 37 acres of land were purchased, which included 16 acres of established shiraz vines. This vineyard produced 27 tonnes in its first vintage, with fruit going into My Hands, Ares, Single Vineyard and a few barrels to Bella’s Garden. Development of the unplanted site began in April 2016, with planting to commence in the spring.

Barossa Super 100 Classification – Wines over $100

With over 100 wines featured in the Classification the list represents the depth of collectable wines of distinction being made in Australia’s most famous wine region.

95 Points - Jeb Dunnuck

The 2016 Shiraz Holy Grail Single Vineyard comes from the Barossa Valley and was brought up in roughly 20% new French oak puncheons and Hogsheads. This single vineyard release was first made in 2015. The 2016 has a ripe, sexy bouquet of plum and cassis fruit intermixed with terrific notes of mulled spices, chocolate, dried violets, and licorice. Ripe, layered, and concentrated on the palate, with moderate acidity and sweet tannin, it’s a hedonist, classic Barossa Shiraz to drink over the coming decade.

97 Points - Joe Czerwinski (erobertparker.com)

No doubt some will find it ironic that my top rated wine from Two Hands is this McLaren Vale Shiraz. But the 2016 Shiraz Dave’s Block Blythmans Road Blewitt Springs was just the most elegant and harmonious of the recent offerings. Mint accents, cherries and blueberries in this full-bodied, plush, creamy-textured wine whose flavours linger forever on the silky finish. Those folks in McLaren Vale just might be on to something.

Dave’s Block is a very special old vineyard perched on an elevated site in Blewitt Springs, McLaren Vale. The soil is classic white sand over clay, the cooler elevation allows the grapes to slowly mature.This very special vineyard was created from cuttings off the Kay Brother’s Block Six, a well known vineyard with 110 year old vines. Previously used as the McLaren Vale component for Ares, Dave’s Block became part of the Single Vineyard Series in 2014 when Ares reverts to showcasing the Barossa Valley.

97 Points - Jay Miller (erobertparker.com) "The Single Vineyard series begins with the 2006 Shiraz Zippy’s Block Roennfeldt Road, located in the Marananga sub-district of Barossa, an address made famous by Greenock Creek Vineyards and Cellar. A glass-coating opaque purple color, it exhibits a complex, expressive nose of pain grille, spice box, scorched earth, plum, and blueberry. This is followed by a mouth-filling, voluminous Shiraz with opulent blue and black fruits, savory flavors, and an exceptionally long, silky finish. Cellar it for five years and drink it from 2013 to 2026."