John Duval Wines Eligo Shiraz - 2021 (750ml)

94 points Vinous

The 2021 Shiraz Eligo is seductive with its powerful and silky layers of blackberry, chocolate and cocoa offset by finely tuned oak. This is shapely and understated in a savory mold with dark earth and crushed spice flavors offset beautifully by filigree tannins. The 2021 is elegant and sure to age well. - By Angus Hughson on August 2025

98 points, The Vintage Journal, November 2025

From one of the region’s greatest vintages for many years, the team describe this wine as representing the very best of that vintage. That raises the bar. The fruit came from the Barossa Valley, 62%, and the Eden Valley, 38%. Maturation was for a year and a half, 42% in new French oak hogsheads, with the balance in a mix of older hogsheads and puncheons. Under cork. The colour is dark cherry/magenta. On the nose we have notes of warm earth, blackberries, smoked meats, liquorice, black cherries and coffee grinds. A touch of toasty oak, but the wine has good concentration and immaculate balance with serious length. This is so seductive. A great year has given us a stunning Barossa Valley Shiraz. Enjoy this wonderful wine over the next 20 years. Drink now–2045.

97 points, Dave Brookes, Halliday Wine Companion June 2025

From the stellar '21 vintage, the Eligo represents the best of the range of amazing vineyard sites from the Barossa (62%) and Eden (38%) Valleys. Its concentration and essence-like with deep, resonant blackberry, black cherry and Doris plum fruits with hints of clove, cinnamon, purple flowers, licorice, dark chocolate, cedar, olive tapenade, pan juices and earth. Thick shouldered but balanced and harmonious with melt in the mouth, chocolatey tannins and exceptional length of flavour.