Critic picks

Wine Advocate's top-rated wineries in Adelaide Hills

Wine Advocate scores on the 100-point scale. Its 18 ranked Adelaide Hills producers run from 83 to 94 points, each with at least two rated wines.

Ranked by Wine Advocate's mean score across every wine of theirs Wine Advocate has rated. Highest average first; ties go to the producer with more wines rated.

18
Producers Wine Advocate rates
94
Top score
294
Wines scored, top 25

The list

  1. 194LekoAdelaide Hills, Australia2 wines ratedCRITIC-RATED
  2. 294In Praise of ShadowsAdelaide Hills, Australia3 wines ratedDISTINCTION
  3. 393Deviation RoadAdelaide Hills, Australia11 wines ratedCRITICS' PICK
  4. 493Murdoch HillAdelaide Hills, Australia30 wines ratedCRITICS' PICK
  5. 592ScanlonPiccadilly Valley, Australia3 wines ratedDISTINCTION
  6. 691Ochota BarrelsAdelaide Hills, Australia46 wines ratedCRITICS' PICK
  7. 791Yetti And The KokonutAdelaide Hills, Australia2 wines ratedDISTINCTION
  8. 890Charlotte DaltonAdelaide Hills, Australia4 wines ratedDISTINCTION
  9. 990Shaw + SmithAdelaide Hills, Australia76 wines ratedCRITICS' PICK
  10. 1090Riposte by Tim KnappsteinAdelaide Hills, Australia10 wines ratedDISTINCTION
  11. 1189The Lane VineyardAdelaide Hills, Australia38 wines ratedDISTINCTION
  12. 1289BK WinesAdelaide Hills, Australia4 wines ratedCRITICS' PICK
  13. 1389Unico ZeloAdelaide Hills, Australia27 wines ratedDISTINCTION
  14. 1488Pike & JoyceAdelaide Hills, Australia16 wines ratedDISTINCTION
  15. 1588TuronAdelaide Hills, Australia7 wines ratedCRITIC-RATED
  16. 1687Cloudbreak WinesAdelaide Hills, Australia4 wines ratedDISTINCTION
  17. 1787Tomich WinesAdelaide Hills, Australia9 wines ratedCRITIC-RATED
  18. 1883Arara WinesAdelaide Hills, Australia2 wines ratedCRITIC-RATED

How we choose

Wine Advocate rates individual wines, not estates. Each producer's place here is its average Wine Advocate score across every wine of theirs the critic has scored. A producer needs at least two such wines to appear: the guard stops a single lucky score on one bottle from outranking an estate with dozens of rated wines. More on how the list works

Frequently asked

How many Adelaide Hills wineries has Wine Advocate rated?
18 wineries in Adelaide Hills, Australia have at least two wines scored by Wine Advocate. Only those appear here.
Which Adelaide Hills winery does Wine Advocate rate highest?
Leko, at a 94-point average from Wine Advocate, followed by In Praise of Shadows and Deviation Road.
How is this list ranked?
By Wine Advocate's average score across each winery's wines. A winery needs at least two Wine Advocate-rated wines to be listed, so a single high score cannot top the ranking.
Does this use user reviews?
No. Only Wine Advocate's professional ratings. There are no crowd star averages in it.

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