Love Me Love You Shiraz

Love Me Love You is a name that practically sets another place at the table. Charlotte Dalton’s Shiraz comes from the Adelaide Hills in South Australia, a region whose elevated vineyards offer a cooler setting than many of the country’s better-known Shiraz districts. It’s a useful reminder that Australian Shiraz is not one single style: place matters as much as the grape’s familiar name.

Shiraz and Syrah are two names for the same variety, not two different grapes. Australia has made the Shiraz name its own, while Syrah is more commonly used in its French homeland. Here, the Adelaide Hills origin gives you a starting point for exploring that wider story without having to reach for the biggest, boldest expression of the grape.

Open it with roast lamb and rosemary, mushrooms browned in butter, or a lentil dish with thyme and caramelised onions. For a cheese board, try mature cheddar or an aged sheep’s-milk cheese with crusty bread. Pour slightly cool rather than warm, give it room in the glass, and let dinner unfold. The invitation in the name is the best serving instruction: find someone to share it with.