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Here's the latest selection of top value reds with 95+ point scores from the Halliday Wine Companion Tasting Team.
This is one of the best iterations of this pack of all time.
This pack will sell out and is only available for a limited time. This is crazy value for money.
- 2025 Mulline Pinot Noir
- 2024 Fighting Gully Road Sangiovese
- 2025 Bondar Junto GSM
- 2023 Nick Spencer Wines Medium Dry Red Blend
- 2024 Dominique Portet Fontaine Cabernets
- 2023 Adelina Estate Shiraz Mataro
2025 Mulline Pinot Noir
Ben Mullen just has a way with Pinot, and this 2025 release is a perfect example of why we’re such big fans. It’s a blend of fruit from across Geelong - the Moorabool Valley, Surf Coast, and Bellarine - and it basically captures the best of the whole region in one bottle.
The first thing you’ll notice is how bright and pretty it smells. It’s all wild strawberry and raspberry, but there’s this cool savory edge of white pepper and woodsmoke underneath. Ben used a bit of whole-bunch here, which gives it a nice "crunch" and that classic spicy hit we love.
In the mouth, it’s medium-bodied, really supple, and has this lovely silken feel. A nice lick of oak balances the lovely fruit, and it all opens up the longer you leave the bottle open.
You can definitely drink it now - maybe with a slight chill - but it’s got enough stuffing to get even better over the next year or two. A well-made entry-level Pinot that delivers serious value for money.
95 points
"With its aromas of wild strawberry, raspberry and some whole-bunch–derived pepper and spice, there's a lot going on in this well-put-together and attractively priced wine."
- Philip Rich (Halliday Wine Companion)
2024 Fighting Gully Road Sangiovese
There are few viticulturalists in Australia that get Sangiovese right. It's a difficult nut to crack, it seems. Well, here's one that's inspired by the fantastic wines of Chianti, and hits the nail square on.
Mark Walpole works the Aquila Audax Vineyard in Beechworth with an eye only for quality. This Sangiovese comes from the upper exposed slopes of the vineyard, vines planted on shale and metamorphic rock.
With the skilled hands of winemaker Adrian Rodda doing all the right things in the winery, the Fighting Gully Road Sangiovese comes out with classic varietal character and offers excellent value for those who enjoy the savoury, grippy drinking experience that this variety can give.
96 points
"Mark Walpole loves sangiovese and the feeling is reciprocated... Potential? You bet!"
- Jeni Port (Halliday Wine Companion)
2025 Bondar Junto GSM
"Junto" is Spanish for "together," and that sums up the philosophy behind this wine perfectly. It is Andre and Selina Bondar's take on the classic McLaren Vale blend, but stripped of the heaviness you might expect from the region. This is designed to be fine, frisky and fresh, a wine built for bistros and backyards rather than the cellar.
The 2025 release is Grenache-dominant (72%), providing the perfume and juicy red fruit core. Mataro (13%) adds a savoury spice and structure, while a small splash of Shiraz contributes a bit of plushness. A notable addition this year is the 7% Counoise from their own vineyard, a variety that helps keep the alcohol in check and lifts the freshness.
To keep things in the lighter spectrum, the fruit is picked early and fermented with around 20% whole bunches. This gives the wine a tight, herbal nerve that cuts through the fruit sweetness. In the glass, it is loaded with blue and red berries, fresh herbs and a savoury lick that keeps you coming back. It is pure McLaren Vale fruit without the sunburn.
"Junto is supposed to be medium bodied, fresh, unpretentious and delicious..."
- Andre Bondar
95 points
"The medium-weighted, accessible, everyday drinking red from Bondar, a wine made to fit the climate and culture of the region. And this nails it, again... Such a beautiful thing."
- Marcus Ellis (Halliday Wine Companion)
2023 Nick Spencer Wines Medium Dry Red Blend
"Nick Spencer is one of the better winemakers in this country.”
- Gary Walsh
"Australian wine can be a brash place, but it still manages to provide harbour to some considered, thoughtful souls, of which Nick Spencer is one. He is the real deal, in short. His wines are more than wines. They are their grapes laid bare
- Campbell Mattinson
Nick Spencer’s Medium Dry Red Blend is a nod to a golden era of Australian wine – the classic ‘Aussie clarets’ of the 50s, 60s and 70s. Back then, the focus was on crafting beautiful, balanced wines from multiple varieties rather than spotlighting single regions or grapes. Nick’s 2023 version captures that spirit in a modern, polished way.
Built on a Cabernet Sauvignon base, with Shiraz and a splash of Malbec, it’s vivid and immediately engaging. Expect a lifted, floral nose with notes of blue and black fruits, ironstone, aniseed, and a hint of dark chocolate. The palate is juicy and medium-bodied, with a crunchy cranberry-like acidity and silky tannins that promise a good few years of evolution if you have the patience.
As always with Nick’s wines, it’s an exercise in balance, charm, and drinkability. A roast lamb or a hearty tray of roast veggies would do it justice. This is a true-blue, proper Australian red, thoughtfully done.
95 points
"MDR is a medium-dry red; a pitch-perfect blend of cabernet sauvignon, malbec and shiraz... Impressive."
- Jane Faulkner (Halliday Wine Companion)
95 points
"This is such a pure expression of cabernet... Drinking this is like watching steam rise from a cool dark pond; here though the steam is scent. It just keeps on rising as if it can barely stop itself. It’s a beautiful drink and a charming experience."
- Campbell Mattinson (The Wine Front)
95 points
"A cacophony: Earth and pencil graphite, crushed kitchen herbs, cardamon pod, bay leaf, cigar butt, asphalt, cassis, bramble, boysenberry and nuances of vanilla bean paste... The balance and depth are exemplary. Bargain."
- Regan Drew (Wine Pilot)
2024 Dominique Portet Fontaine Cabernets
With Bordeaux in their blood, the Portet family have always had a soft spot for cabernet blends, and the Fontaine Cabernets is their way of showing that pedigree in an easy, everyday style. The 2024 is cabernet sauvignon at the core, with merlot, malbec and cab franc rounding things out, all from vineyards scattered across the Yarra Valley.
The season was cool and steady, giving fruit that’s vibrant and finely balanced. Hand-picked, gently fermented, then aged for 10 months in French oak (only a splash of new), it’s a wine that feels polished without being fussy. Medium-bodied, full of dark berries and violets, with silky tannins that make it just glide along.
And while it’s made to be approachable, this vintage really over-delivered - it picked up 95 points from the Halliday Wine Companion and impressively went on to win the Trophy for Best Red Wine at the Yarra Valley Wine Show. Pretty amazing for something still comfortably under $30 a bottle.
This is Bordeaux know-how with Yarra freshness, and one of the best-value reds you’ll come across. Back up the truck!
95 points
"An excellent edition of this perennially good and well-priced wine... One of the Yarra's absolutely best buys."
- Philip Rich (Halliday Wine Companion)
2023 Adelina Estate Shiraz Mataro
This is a blend of mostly Shiraz with a good chunk of Mataro, grown across three blocks on the Adelina estate. About half the fruit comes off vines planted in 1915 - the rest from younger plantings - all farmed organically.
Each block was fermented on its own, with varying time on skins depending on the parcel. After pressing, the wine went into large-format oak for ten months, with just a bit of new wood in the mix.
It’s a firm, savoury wine with depth from the old vine fruit and freshness from the younger sites. There’s shape, dark fruit, and plenty of drive, but nothing feels heavy or forced. It’s balanced, well-made, and true to the place it comes from.
Always one of the most dependable reds in the Adelina lineup and still excellent value for what’s in the bottle.
95 points
"Dark-fruited and savory... showing blueberry compote, graphite and dark cherries. Finely constructed. Drink or hold. Screw cap."
- Ryan Montgomery (James Suckling)
94 points
"A charming wine, tightened gently with fine, dusty tannin, but ostensibly built around a notion of ease of drinking and prettiness."
- Mike Bennie (Halliday Wine Companion)
94 points
"This is very good... The Mataro adds a bit of X-Factor, and there’s a bit more substance and oomph to this wine over the straight Shiraz. Excellent."
- Gary Walsh (The Wine Front)
Customer Reviews
| Price Bracket | $30 or Less |
| Type | Red |
| Country | Australia |
| Feature |
High Score |
| Reviewed By |
Halliday Wine Companion |
| Size | 9 |
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