Exciting Results - James Halliday 2021 Wine Companion
The results are in!
At Hayes Family Wines, we are once again very excited to announce our fantastic ratings published in the 2021 James Halliday Wine Companion.
This year, we received our best ratings yet with 10 wines scoring 95 points or higher. This highlights the consistent high quality achieved across our range of wines. In addition, our Vineyard Series Primrose Mataro scored 97 points and is one of only 8 wines featured in the Best of the Best by Variety (Other red varietals and blends).
James Halliday awarded us the prestigious five-star winery rating for the fourth year running. Halliday defines five-stars as ‘Outstanding winery regularly producing wines of exemplary quality and typicity'. As a very small, family run winery, we are extremely proud of these results as this rating acknowledges that we are one of the top wineries in Australia.
Here are the scores for our highest rating wines:
97 Points - 2019 Vineyard Series Primrose Mataro
96 Points - 2019 Estate Field Blend
96 Points - 2019 Estate Mataro Blk 3
96 Points - 2019 Estate Grenache Blk 2
96 Points – 2018 Winemakers Selection Grenache (Cellar door only)
96 Points - 2019 Vineyard Series Glengrae Grenache
96 Points - 2018 Vineyard Series Primrose Shiraz
95 Points - 2019 Vineyard Series Koonunga Creek South Grenache
95 Points - 2018 Bon Ami Cabernet & Shiraz
95 Points - NV Show Reserve Rare Batch 1 Tawny
You can read James Halliday’s reviews on each of these wines by clicking on the wine above or the Buy Our Wine button below.
Best of the Best - 2019 Primrose Mataro
Mataro (also known as Mourvèdre or Monastrell) is perhaps not as well known as Shiraz or Grenache, but for us it plays a critical role in the history of the Barossa and often is one of the wines that sells out first. In our Mataro, you taste the combination of fruit and rich savoury spicy flavours. You quickly notice how food friendly the wine is and this makes it extremely popular. The Mataro vine comes from the Mediterranean and therefore perfectly matches Mediterranean food. It is a wine we love to drink with dinner.
2019 Hayes Family Vineyard Series Primrose Vineyard Barossa Valley Mataro, $40
Sourced from a tiny patch of bush vines dry-grown on the Schulz Vineyard in Ebenezer. An extremely powerful, full-bodied wine that manages to also have a juicy lift and a mix of spicy/earthy tannins. Mataro seldom scales the heights, exemplified by this wine in ‘19. 14% alc. Drink to 2049.
James Halliday, 2021 Wine Companion
As we only select the best grapes for our wines to create one barrel, there are only 350 bottles of this fantastic wine available. So that many of our customers can try this special wine, there is a 3 bottle purchase limit. Jump in quickly before it is all gone.
Our Estate Vineyard in Stone Well is home for our Cellar Door and Winery and the source for all our Estate wines. It is Certified Organic and producing wonderful grapes and wines. And the results? Absolutely spectacular.