Head Wines Wilton Hill Shiraz 2019 Joval Wines

Wilton Hill is the flagship wine from Alex Head, a single-vineyard offering from the 90yo shiraz vines at 500m elevation in the range above Flaxman Valley. The colour is a saturated red purple, giving a hint of the intensity to come. Dark and black fruit of impressive density abound, cut deeply with spice and earth. It’s a wonderfully expressive wine, both of latent fruit power and of site. The balance is pitch perfect, with ample tannin and mineral-like acid support. Very impressive.
97 Points – Dave Brookes, James Halliday Wine Companion 2023

Intense purple colour here. Blackberry pastille, spice, fair bit of perfume, panforte, some earthiness. Medium to full-bodied, very dense and dark, lots of dark chocolate and spice, grain and grip to tannin, a little earthy, bold flavour, kind of dark and brooding, but still fresh and more than a little exotic. Some creamy vanilla oak and sooty tannin comes through in the aftertaste. Very good. Needs a little time in bottle, for sure.
95 Points – Gary Walsh, The Wine Front

Very deep, glass-staining purple/red colour, with aromas that are very rich and sumptuous, chocolaty and vanillan, with glimpses of spices, the palate full-bodied and densly textured, fleshy and decadently concentrated. Luscious flavour, lavish use of oak but not domineering or harsh. The tannins are super-abundant and supple. A lovely wine, which will only get better with time and deserves cellaring.
96 Points – Huon Hooke, The Real Review

Winemaker Alex Head’s dream to make elegant Barossa wines began in 1999 while travelling through some of Europe’s greatest wine growing regions, along with his longheld fascination with the synergy of good wine, fine food and happy company at the table. Head Wines is all that and more.

Alex follows a traditional négociant model, an old practice where the winemaker does not grow their own grapes, instead working with a number of small growers. Around three-quarters of the grapes that end up in Head Wines’ bottles are sourced from a carefully chosen selection of these elevated Eden Valley sites. All of these vineyards are farmed sustainably using organic principles where possible; yields are controlled and grapes are hand-picked.

Not being tied to his own vineyards has allowed Alex to spend years understanding the strengths and weaknesses of a number of sites in pursuit of his individual style. Alex creates great Barossan wines that are memorably balanced whilst pursuing styles that are intentional and truly of place. This is sublime winemaking.