Head Wines 'The Blonde' Shiraz 2020

Berries, walnut, sweet tobacco, and asphalt aromas follow through to a medium to full body, fine velvety tannins with a medium finish. Some tile. Meaty, juicy and spicy. Drinkable but better in a year or two. Screw cap.
94 Points - James Suckling, jamessuckling.com

Loved this blend of 92% Shiraz with 8% Cabernet Sauvignon, a 50/50 split from the Barossa and Eden Valleys including a portion from vines planted in 1890. Excellent complexity and composure as it displays rich wells of soy sauce, roasted meat, blackberry and clove spice aromas that retain good focus. There is then an impressive mix of juicy fruit flavours in the dark and red cherry spectrum well supported by a firm base of tannins before opening out to a richly flavoured finish. A lovely wine that will age well.
93 Points - Angus Hughson, winepilot.com

Shiraz sourced from a range of sites across the Barossa and Eden Valleys: 48/40/9/8% Stonewell/Flaxman Valley/Nuriootpa/Moculta. Aromas of dark and black plum and berry fruits, cut through with spice, pepper, roasting meats and earth. Impressive fruit density in the mouth, with wonderful flow and presence, tightly packed tannin and a savoury, meaty plume of plummy fruit on the finish.
94 Points - Dave Brookes, James Halliday Wine Companion 2023

Perfume of white flower, cherry, blackberry, apricot stone, subtle vanilla oak and spice. Medium to full-bodied, cherry and blackberry, some mouth-perfume, fine chocolate tannin and milk chocolate flavour, cool acidity, nice and even, with a slightly bitterness of dried herb and orange peel on the finish. Lovely wine. Calm and composed, with plenty of come-hither fragrance.
93 Points - Gary Walsh, The Wine Front

Deep and concentrated ruby-red colour in the glass. Blueberry, tapenade and dry-earth aromas. The palate sits with an intensity of fruit that is still tightly wound and controlled by fine, yet powerful tannins. White pepper, anise, blueberry and tar all come together to fill the senses and this joyous cacophony carries right to the very long end. A wine of detail and controlled power that will offer great cellaring rewards.
95 Points - Stuart Knox, 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.