When the opportunity presented to do not just a high quality mixed dozen, and we're talking about an average of 95 Points from James Halliday, a dozen that is Limited Release and Reserve by name and nature, a mixed dozen that has a retail price of $460. A dozen that we're offering to you for just $239! Seriously, how could we resist that? How could you?

Here is what's in the dozen:

3 bottles Stonehaven Limited Release Wrattonbully Shiraz 2021 (96 Points - James Halliday)
3 bottles Stonehaven Limited Release Robe Shiraz 2021 (95 Points - James Halliday)
2 bottles Stonehaven Limited Release Padthaway Shiraz 2021 (94 Points - James Halliday)
2 bottles Stonehaven Limited Release Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 (92 Points - James Halliday)
2 bottles Stonehaven Reserve Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 (97 Points - James Halliday)

Stonehaven Limited Release Wrattonbully Shiraz 2021
Small-batch vinification with prefermentation maceration, extended skin contact and barrel fermentation might have been an exercise in winemaking prowess, but in fact is more than that, the quality also reflecting an excellent vintage. The tannin structure is exemplary, fruit welded to a long palate. Drink to: 2040; Alcohol: 14.5%; Rating: 96 Points & Special Value Star; James Halliday

Stonehaven Limited Release Robe Shiraz 2021
Picked in two small batches a week apart, the first with preferment maceration, early pressed to French hogsheads. Juicy medium-bodied style with layers of flavour, ranging through blackberry, tar, licorice and plum, then a dark chocolate farewell. Finesse and elegance are its calling cards. Drink to: 2040; Alcohol: 14.5%; Rating: 95 Points & Special Value Star; James Halliday

Stonehaven Limited Release Padthaway Shiraz 2021
Cold maceration allowed fermentation to complete in barrel with Rhône yeast strain; 18 months' maturation then individual barrel selection. A very good expression of both place and variety, ditto texture and structure. Fresh cherry/berry fruit and fine-spun tannins; skilled oak handling. Ticks all the boxes. Drink to: 2035; Alcohol: 14.5%; Rating: 94 Points & Special Value Star; James Halliday

Stonehaven Limited Release Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2020
Ten months' maturation in hogheads before barrel selection. Boysenberry, ripe red cherry and blackberry pie. Pencil shavings, black granite and tar. Sage and bay leaf followed by clove, winter pine and dark chocolate. A taut and compact palate with blue fruit coming through and tobacco and cigar pouch. Nicely integrated and drinking well now. Drink to: 2027; Alcohol: 14.5%; Rating: 92 Points & Special Value Star; James Halliday

Stonehaven Reserve Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2021
Sourced from adjacent rows of 40-year-old vines hand-pruned to control the yield to 5t/ha. Cold maceration and pressed direct to oak for 18 months in French hogsheads. This is a seriously good cabernet from an excellent vintage. Its length is exceptional, as is its structure and slinky tannins, part fruit, part oak. Drink to: 2045; Alcohol: 14.5%; Rating: 97 Points & Special Value Star; James Halliday