Registration Opens
1 May 2024
Judging
Date
24 & 25 March 2025
Winners Announcement
22 April 2025
1 May 2024
24 & 25 March 2025
22 April 2025
Red Blend
Vintage Non-Vintage
95 Points
Cabernet Sauvignon
Vintage 2018
94 Points
Shiraz / Syrah
Vintage 2020
92 Points
Shiraz / Syrah
Vintage 2019
92 Points
Cabernet Sauvignon
Vintage 2019
90 Points
Riesling / Johannisberg Riesling / Rheinriesling / Klingelberger
Vintage 2020
89 Points
Shiraz / Syrah
Vintage 2019
89 Points
Pinot noir / Spätburgunder / Blauburgunder / Pinot nero
Vintage 2021
88 Points
Cabernet Sauvignon
Vintage 2018
86 Points
Chardonnay
Vintage Non-Vintage
85 Points
Shiraz / Syrah
Vintage 2019
84 Points
Shiraz / Syrah
Vintage 2019
84 Points
Cabernet Sauvignon
Vintage 2021
84 Points
Grenache Noir
Vintage 2019
83 Points
Cabernet Sauvignon
Vintage 2020
83 Points
Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains
Vintage Non-Vintage
82 Points
Chardonnay
Vintage 2021
81 Points
Grenache Noir
Vintage 2019
79 Points
Shiraz / Syrah
Vintage 2021
79 Points
Petit Verdot
Vintage 2018
78 Points
Red Blend
Vintage Non-Vintage
77 Points
Shiraz / Syrah
Vintage Non-Vintage
74 Points
Petit Verdot
Vintage 2020
74 Points
Shiraz / Syrah
Vintage 2018
70 Points
Chardonnay
Vintage Non-Vintage
69 Points
Tempranillo
Vintage 2021
66 Points
Cabernet Sauvignon
Vintage 2020
65 Points
In today’s climate of global corporate wine ownership and multi-beverage models, Pirramimma has stood the test of time from 1892 to today.
Still family-owned and run, and largely from the same property founded by AC Johnston over a century ago comprising over 100 hectares of prime McLaren Vale fruit, Pirramimma, and the Johnston family are synonymous with McLaren Vale. Four generations of Johnston have called McLaren Vale home, making Pirramimma one of Australia’s oldest wineries to still be in family control.
Our soils, once worked to exhaustion under a traditional European philosophy of farming have been for decades nurtured slowly back to organic health. Our wines, respected and revered worldwide are the end product of knowing intimately the certain characteristics of our home vineyards.
Geoff Johnston, current custodian himself celebrated fifty vintages alone at Pirramimma, giving the wines the best possible chance of being picked and nurtured into some of Australia’s best wines. We have pioneered varieties suited to the region, such as Petit Verdot and Tannat, which with the climate changing around us are best suited to McLaren Vale and our taste profile. The acclaim speaks for itself, with Pirramimma being awarded 2021 its fifth AWC Vienna Best Australian Producer title.