19 Crimes Shiraz
19 Crimes Shiraz is a 750mL Australian red wine at 13.5% ABV, made by Treasury Wine Estates from Shiraz grown in South Eastern Australia — full, round and dark-fruited, in the bottle whose label portrait comes to life through the brand's Living Wine Labels augmented-reality experience. It is the wine that introduces most drinkers to the 19 Crimes range, and it is available to order online at Del Mesa Liquor.
- ABV: 13.5%
- Size: 750mL
- Grape: Shiraz
- Region: South Eastern Australia
- Producer: Treasury Wine Estates
- Label: Living Wine Labels augmented-reality portrait
Named for the Crimes That Built a Colony
In 18th and 19th-century Britain, conviction for any one of 19 crimes brought "punishment by transportation" — exile to the penal colony of Australia instead of the gallows. Treasury Wine Estates built 19 Crimes around the real men and women who were transported, put their portraits on the labels, and introduced the range to the US in 2012; scan a label with the Living Wine Labels app and the convict tells their story. The Shiraz is the range's cornerstone pour — Australian Shiraz in its ripe, generous register. The rest of the range is on the 19 Crimes vendor page and in our wine collection.
Tasting Notes
The brand describes a full, round palate with subtle sweetness and a rich mouthfeel: raspberry and dark plum fruit with vanilla aromatics and a thread of chocolate — a soft, crowd-pleasing Shiraz rather than a peppery cool-climate style.
How to Enjoy
The brand's own pairings are steak and cured meats; it also carries a burger, barbecue or a midweek pasta without fuss. Serve at cool room temperature. More weeknight reds are in our red wine collection.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the 19 crimes?
The 19 offences that, in 18th and 19th-century Britain, were punishable by transportation to Australia — from grand larceny to cutting down a tree. Each 19 Crimes bottle carries a real transported convict on its label.
How does the 19 Crimes label come to life?
Through the Living Wine Labels augmented-reality experience: point the app at the label portrait and the convict animates and tells their story.
Is 19 Crimes Shiraz dry or sweet?
It is a dry red with a soft, fruit-forward palate — the brand describes subtle sweetness in the mouthfeel from ripe fruit and vanilla oak, not residual sugar.
Ripe, round and story-loaded — order 19 Crimes Shiraz online from Del Mesa Liquor, San Diego, CA.