Moulara — The First Release
The First Release — Old-Vine Shiraz — Vintage 2021

Moulara stands as the quietest of Australia’s great wines: the expression of a single family’s vineyards, planted across South Australia’s finest regions since 1965 and held back from the world for three generations. Where others kept to one patch of ground, the family went looking for better, drawing each vintage from wherever the season was strongest and judging it against a single standard: whether it was good enough to keep. Sixty harvests have entered an unbroken private cellar, and with them a tradition passed from father to son to daughters: the finest fruit was never for sale.

Until now.

The Circle — three hundred places, never more
While places remain, membership is taken at checkout. Choose your allocation:
First served
The Six
A$ 2,100 per month
Six numbered bottles, every monthA$ 350 a bottle
Everything in The One, and:
  • Invitations to estate tables and member dinners
  • First right to special releases: large formats, back vintages, single barrel
  • A bottle on your birthday, from the family
With your first allocation: the estate folio and a numbered certificate of provenance.
The One
A$ 350 per month
One numbered bottle, every month
  • The member price, A$ 350 a bottle, held across every release
  • Allocations before public release
  • The counsel: a direct line to the family
Begin with one. Move to The Six whenever you choose.
One-time purchase — a single bottle, A$ 395  ·  six bottles, A$ 2,250
Circle allocations may be paused once and are held for 60 days, then released. Cancel anytime before your next allocation. Signature on delivery, 18+.
Details
McLaren Vale, South Australia. Shiraz, vines planted 1948. 22 months in seasoned French oak. 1,200 bottles, individually numbered. 14.2% vol.
Provenance
Grown, made and bottled on the family estate. Three generations of fruit supplied to the most prestigious houses — this parcel was never among it.
Service
Decant one hour. Serve at 16–18°C. Will reward a decade in a good cellar.

Questions — concierge@moulara.com

Moulara — The First Release
I. Taste Description — Vintage 2021
Download tasting note (PDF)
Colour

Impressive depth of mauve redness with an impenetrable black core.

Nose

A nexus of fruit, oak and barrel-ferment, as one. Scents of grated dark chocolate first, then an elution of marbled meats and pan juices laced with balsamic, soy and spice. Youthful — little attempt to immediately charm. Patience. Later…

Palate

Expansive across the palate. A vortex of mid-palate sumptuousness framed by sleek, dusty tannins and chocolatey, brûléed-suggestive oak. Dutch liquorice and menthol; soaked dark satsuma plum, star anise and roast quince. Tomorrow, a different reveal.

II. Vintage Conditions

The growing season was influenced by climatic swings. Winter delivered less rainfall than usual, particularly in July, but an unexpectedly wet August improved soil moisture in time for budburst and flowering. Spring brought cooler temperatures, affecting the accumulation of early growing degree days. Despite some February showers, La Niña did not significantly affect the region, which, along with mild March and April weather, allowed for an even, orderly harvest of high-quality Shiraz. The summer was forgiving, with just a few days over 35°C, and the region benefited from a cooler end to the season — an extended ripening period and an orderly harvest. Yields were low, particularly in the dry-grown blocks, but the quality of fruit was exceptional.

Grape variety
100% Shiraz
Vineyard region
McLaren Vale, South Australia
Wine analysis
Alc/Vol: 14.2%, pH: 3.68, Acidity: 6.7 g/L
Maturation
22 months in seasoned French oak
III. Awards & Accolades
100 Points — Ken Gargett
20+/20 — Matthew Jukes
99 Points — Lisa Cardelli
99 Points — Tyson Stelzer
99 Points — Nick Ryan
100
Ken Gargett

“Quite simply, a wow wine. Seamless, intense and immaculate with knife-edge balance. It simply dances with joy. This is as close to perfect as I can imagine. Fifty years, if you think you can last that long.”

IV. Reviews
★★★★★  5.0 — 35 reviews
★★★★★

Bought six for my husband's sixtieth. We opened one on the night and the table went quiet. The rest are staying in the cellar — if we can hold out.

Margaret H. — Adelaide, AU
★★★★★

I've drunk the famous labels this fruit used to go into. This is better, and I don't say that lightly.

James W. — Sydney, AU
★★★★★

The story sold me, the wine kept me. Deep, composed, endless finish. My allocation arrived beautifully packed.

Charlotte D. — Melbourne, AU
★★★★★

Shipped to the UK without a hitch. Decanted an hour as suggested — extraordinary depth for such a young release.

Tom R. — London, UK
★★★★★

Poured it blind for friends who collect Barossa. They guessed triple the price.

Sophie L. — Brisbane, AU
★★★★★

We've followed this family's fruit for years without knowing it. Wonderful to finally see their own name on a label.

David & Anne P. — Adelaide Hills, AU
★★★★★

The bottle itself is a thing of beauty. The wine is generous, dark and very long. Allocation of six was not enough.

Michael T. — Perth, AU
★★★★★

Served at our anniversary dinner. The sommelier asked where we found it. Exactly the kind of secret you want to keep.

Elena V. — Singapore
★★★★★

Old-vine depth without the heaviness. Drinks beautifully now but I'm burying four for a decade.

Richard B. — Auckland, NZ
★★★★★

From the wax seal to the numbered label, everything says care. The wine more than lives up to it.

Lucy M. — Hobart, AU
★★★★★

I order a lot of wine online. The presentation and provenance here are a class above anything I've received.

Andrew S. — Canberra, AU
★★★★★

Velvet texture, dark plum and spice, a finish that goes on for minutes. Already planning next vintage's order.

Priya N. — Melbourne, AU
★★★★★

Worth every dollar and the wait. A wine with real gravity.

Oliver G. — Edinburgh, UK
★★★★★

Gave a bottle to my father who's drunk Shiraz for fifty years. He called it the best he's had this decade.

Hannah F. — Adelaide, AU
★★★★★

Allocation arrived in perfect condition. Powerful but precise — nothing out of place.

Marcus J. — Hong Kong
★★★★★

Une découverte magnifique. Profound, structured, and utterly Australian in the best way.

Isabelle R. — Paris, FR
★★★★★

We're locals and thought we knew every grower worth knowing. Happily wrong.

Greg & Sue T. — McLaren Vale, AU
★★★★★

The kind of wine that stops conversation. Bought another six before they sold out.

Nathan K. — Sydney, AU
★★★★★

Beautiful weight, silken tannin, and that old-vine concentration you simply can't fake.

Amelia C. — Melbourne, AU
★★★★★

I cellar First Growths. This sits comfortably on the same shelf and tells a better story.

Robert L. — New York, US
★★★★★

Ordered on a friend's recommendation. The tasting note PDF was a lovely touch — the wine even lovelier.

Fiona W. — Adelaide, AU
★★★★★

Three generations in the glass. You can taste the patience.

Daniel M. — Brisbane, AU
★★★★★

Restrained power. Like the family, it doesn't shout. It doesn't need to.

Grace O. — Wellington, NZ
★★★★★

My sixth bottle is already promised to my son for his thirtieth. That's the kind of wine this is.

Stephen H. — Melbourne, AU
★★★★★

Flawless delivery to Switzerland. Decanted two hours — pure velvet.

Julia B. — Geneva, CH
★★★★★

Drank alongside a famous label from the same vale. The Moulara won the table unanimously.

Liam D. — Adelaide, AU
★★★★★

The first wine in years I've written a review for. It earned it.

Catherine S. — Sydney, AU
★★★★★

Dark fruit, crushed stone, incredible length. The numbered bottle makes it feel like owning a piece of the story.

Hugo P. — Amsterdam, NL
★★★★★

Bought as a wedding gift. The couple rang the next day to ask how to get more.

Mia K. — Melbourne, AU
★★★★★

I grow vines myself. This is what fifty-year-old Shiraz should taste like and almost never does.

Peter F. — Barossa, AU
★★★★★

Quietly magnificent. The finish lasted longer than the cheese course.

Alice T. — London, UK
★★★★★

Six bottles, individually numbered, one already gone. No regrets except not buying twelve.

Sam R. — Adelaide, AU
★★★★★

It pours almost black and unfolds for hours. A wine to be patient with — fitting, given the story.

Victoria L. — Sydney, AU
★★★★★

The best bottle on my rack, and the only one with a family name instead of a brand.

George M. — Dublin, IE
★★★★★

You taste it and understand why they kept it for themselves all these years.

Eleanor J. — Melbourne, AU