The name is a dead giveaway here - Wes sources the grapes for this super Shiraz from a sandy corner of the famous Wait Vineyard in McLaren Vale. It's a seriously powerful red too - a brooding, deep and dark red with masses of purple fruit, and yet this savouriness and dark spicy edge that comes from the grapes off this vineyard in the high end of the Blewitt Springs sub district. A wine of presence and persistence that screams McLaren Vale in every way.

You can call Juxtaposed winemaker Dr Wes Pearson Superman. That's because, by day, Wes is a mild-mannered research scientist at the Australian Wine Research Institute investigating important things like how bushfires affect wines. Then, when the sun goes down, this wine doctor turns into a superhero of McLaren Vale wine, using grapes sourced from inarguably the best vineyards in the region to craft magnificent expressions of minimal intervention Vale styles. Seasoned oak, minimal additions and maximal flavour are the guiding ethos here, and it really works. It's pronounced in the Juxtaposed Grenache & Shiraz wines, led by an array of single vineyard releases that showcase old vines and excellent fruit. Don't miss the textural Fiano, savoury Sangiovese and other occasional releases from Dr Wes' kit bag.