Parawa wines: Tasting the premium league of Australia

While in Adelaide, Peter Simic kindly invited me to taste the wines of Parawa Estate. A chance not to be missed, as these, are among the most expensive (if not, the most expensive) dry red wines in Australia. In fact, the two icon wines of the series, cost way more than the Grange or the Hill of Grace. I can still remember when I had first read about them; the time had come for me to satisfy my curiosity.

The criticism behind an effort like the one of Parawa Estate is that a price like this is hard to be justified (the icon wines cost approximately 1050 AUD-Australian dollars), especially if one takes the limited track record of the company into account. Wines like Grange or Hilll of Grace cost less, despite the numerous vintages they carry on their back.