96 pts Ray Jordan Wine Pilot May 2022
Shiraz has been a main player with Frankland Estate almost from the get go and this is one of the very best under this label. Okay, the vintage was excellent. But the approach to producing a wine that is truly reflective of place has been a resounding success. On the nose and palate, you get that ironstone ferrous intrigue that comes directly from this ancient soil. The palate is smoothly integrated with a deft use of oak and outstanding tannin management. The balance between the sweet medium weight fruit and those ironstone characters is what really make this wine exceptional. 2022-2034

95 pts James Halliday Top 100 wines of 2022
Follows the footsteps of the 2018. While the bouquet and the palate alike are richly endowed, the cool continental climate shuts the door on any over-ripe, pudgy fruit characters. So, tannins play along with black cherry fruit and utterly delicious savoury undertow. Drink up to 2034. Shiraz has been a main player with Frankland Estate almost from the get go and this is one of the best under the label.

94 pts Wine Advocate July 2022
The 2020 Shiraz is excellent. It has vibrant yet dark fruit, lashings of five spice and aniseed, garden mint and red dirt, iodine and blood plum. This is spicy, layered, textural, elegant and exciting. The tannins are grippy yet fine, and it is here that the region really comes into its own. The structural integrity of the reds in Frankland is surely what is going to be the basis for the greatness of the region in time. Tannins and shape are naturally present in the wines from here. This is a beautiful wine. 2022-2032

93 pts James Suckling Oct 2022
Red cherries, sliced plums, white pepper and hot stone on the nose. Medium-bodied with silky tannins. Juicy and nuanced with very nice length. Plummy. Black pepper lingers in the background. From organically grown grapes.