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This Special Summary Issue covers 2001-2008 Australian Shiraz wines.  Updated Australian Shiraz wines, scores and prices in this issue shows the “Average Price per Score” from 2004-2008 wines scored by at least two of the major wine critics and available for sale in the US.

We did a comparison between March 2006 and December 2009 prices and found the following:

The Dec 2009 ‘price per score’ for wines lowered across the board for all scores except the high scoring 96 and 97 point wines.

At the high scoring end, the 2004 Greenock Creek, Shiraz Barossa Valley Alice’s received an average score of 97 points and at $65 is 35% of the average cost of a similar scoring Australian Shiraz, earning it a Great Value moniker.

At the low price point of $12, the 2005 Thorn-Clarke, Shiraz Barossa Valley Terra Barossa received an average score of 90 and is 46% of the average $26 cost of a similar scoring Australian Shiraz, a Great Value.

A total of 1,702 Australian Shiraz wines are profiled in this issue.