2024 Battle of Bosworth Puritan Shiraz

95 pts Trophy!
Perhaps Australia's best value and most consistent no-added preservative wine - a lively McLaren Vale Shiraz.
4.8
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
6 Reviews

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The Puritan has long been one of McLaren Vale’s best bargains and proof that preservative-free wine can be both clean and delicious. It’s made by Joch Bosworth, who’s been farming organically in the Vale since the mid-’90s, long before it was fashionable.

This is Shiraz made for pure, unfiltered drinking pleasure. It’s picked from a handful of old family vineyards, fermented in small open tanks, and bottled straight after malo - no oak, no sulphur, no makeup. What you get is the fruit in full colour: blackberry, boysenberry, blueberry, and a little violet lift, all wrapped in soft, medium-weight tannins.

The 2024 vintage brought a bit of everything - a tricky, cool spring and a mild finish that gave lovely balance to the fruit. The result is the freshest, most immediate side of McLaren Vale Shiraz you’ll taste. Drink it young, preferably outside, and don’t overthink it.

Certified organic, vegan-friendly, and the Chairman's Trophy winner at the McLaren Vale Wine Show for the wine that ‘best represents the past, present, and future of McLaren Vale’.

95 points
"This is such a joyous wine, unencumbered by oak, a full buoyant expression of lovingly grown fruit. There should be more like it... This is really very lovely."
- Marcus Ellis (Halliday Wine Companion)

McLaren Vale Wine Show

McLaren Vale Wine Show

2024 McLaren Vale Wine Show 95 Points

Chairperson’s Trophy
sponsored by CCL Label
Battle of Bosworth Wines 2024 Puritan Preservative Free Shiraz

Awarded to the wine that ‘best represents the past, present, and future of McLaren Vale’.

Mike Bennie

Mike Bennie

The Wine Front 88 Points

Zero added sulphur here too. Pure-itan.

Tasty stuff here. Rich and round, smooth and plush. A choc-mocha thing with inky blackcurrants, cassis, forest berry compote going on, and then, alas, a bit of a bitey, zingy, lemony finish that pokes out. That latter bit, so distracting and scratchy in the palate. You can see a legion liking the flesh and generosity of the wine, for sure. so there is that. Balance a quibble.

Customer Reviews

4.8
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
Based on 6 reviews
Total 5 star reviews: 5 Total 4 star reviews: 1 Total 3 star reviews: 0 Total 2 star reviews: 0 Total 1 star reviews: 0
6 reviews
  • GG
    Gabriela G.
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    2 years ago
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    2023 Battle of Bosworth Puritan Shiraz
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Battle of Bosworth Puritan Shiraz.

    Amazing 😉.

  • CK
    Czes K.
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    3 years ago
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    2023 Battle of Bosworth Puritan Shiraz
    Rated 4 out of 5 stars
    Czes

    I’m sure i will buy more in the future. All my friends were very happy with it and very surprised about the low price

  • AJ
    Ann J.
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    Wine Knowledge Level Beginner
    4 years ago
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    2023 Battle of Bosworth Puritan Shiraz
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Fabulous

    Easy drinking no preservatives and no hangover

‘Puritan’ is young, fresh, unoaked and preservative free. We pick it young, ferment it in open vats and bottle it immediately once it has finished fermentation. Puritan is fresh and juicy with notes of red and black berries. Vibrant and delicious.


A complex nose replete with violets and a plethora of red and blue fruits: boysenberry, blackberry, blueberry, hints of lavender seaspray all contained with a medium body and nice structured tannins. Puritan has been made to enjoy young and fresh.

Initially 2024 was a typical warm, dry season then became wet and windy as sub-tropical weather systems pushed south in December and January before returning to a warm and dry season. It was colder than average from budburst to flowering, then windy and cold during flowering which extended this phase of grape development. We had a wet and windy December. We then had a turnaround, with a dry end of season – a few hot days in early February and then March was terrific for ripening wine grapes; warm temperatures during the day and cooler temperatures at night

Price Bracket $30 or Less
Type Red
Body Medium Bodied
Variety Shiraz
Country Australia
Region McLaren Vale
Australian State SA
Feature High Score
Trophy Winner
Reviewed By Halliday Wine Companion
The Wine Front
Critic Score 95
Alcohol 14.5%
Size 750ml
Vintage 2024
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