2023 Gerler "Fancy Pants" Shiraz
McLaren Vale
Fancy Pants started as a simple question: how do you make a $300 bottle of wine?
The answer was straightforward — start with the best fruit you can possibly find, and don’t hold back in the winery.
This wine is built around a tiny parcel of elite McLaren Vale Shiraz, sourced from a block normally destined for top-tier brands. With fruit valued at around $7,000 per tonne — more than three times what we usually pay — the quality of the grapes set the tone for everything that followed. A small portion of outstanding Blewitt Springs Shiraz was blended in to add lift and structure.
The wine spent 18 months maturing in French oak hogsheads, with 60% new oak, carefully monitored and tasted obsessively as the tannins softened and the fruit and oak came into balance. Only around 1,500 bottles were produced.
Bottled under cork and sealed with wax, Fancy Pants is rich, complex and unapologetically luxurious.
Tasting Notes
Dark black fruits, lifted florals and chocolatey French oak, with a plush, powerful palate and remarkable length.
Alcoholic Content
13.5% alc/vol
Serving Temp
16-18° Celsius
Drink Window
Delicious now with decanting, but will reward patience. Ideally cellar for 5 years and enjoy over the following decade.
Let customers speak for us
from 25 reviewsVery nice to drink, there is a smoothness to this that is truly enjoyable
Extremely drinkable. We bought a case of the 2023 Gerler GSM during the November sales, promptly finished it, and came back for more in December. We were delighted to discover that it was 2025's #1 bestseller – well deserved!
The rose is a tangy fragrant summer cold treat- really liked it
Lovely light white, which lingers on the palate really pleasingly.
An amazing wine - as always. The only problem I have is that I ma go through a box very quickly.
We love the Gerler Vermentino. It has a delicious crisp light flavour. A great wine to accompany many dishes.
Delicious rosé wine. Definitely up to Gerler’s very high standards.
Love it!!! Hope you will have something similar in the future.
Love this wine! It was a great surprise- a bit like a reisling but with a stronger body. Will definitely buy it again.
Absolutely amazing wine! It would be in my favourite top 3 Sauvignon Blancs I’ve ever tasted!
Love it and excellent value for money
I got this one cos it was a best-seller and wanted to see what the fuss was about... pleased to say it's well-deserved. Beautiful for savouring as a wind-down treat at the end of a long day, or splitting a bottle with mates over a platter of cheese and meats.