"90/100. Crimson-purple; the bouquet is fragrant, with red and black berry fruits that come through on the medium-bodied palate; a baby needing time to develop complexity." James Halliday, Wine Companion.

Bronze Medal – Cowra Wine Show 2011
Bronze Medal – Mount Barker Wine Show 2011

100% Shiraz it spent its time in 50% new and 50% older French and Hungarian oak barriques.
Drinking well now but will show further integration over the next 4-5 years.
The colour is medium red with red-purple hue. This brooding and complex wine shows aromas of smoke, roasted coffee, aniseed, camphor and well integrated toasty oak. There are underlying dark fruits of plum and boysenberry with a subtle mix of white and black pepper.
The firm and elegantly textured palate is held together by lovely fine grain tannins that make this wine very approachable now. Spice and roasted characters dominate with the fruit playing a background roll, making this a more complex style of Shiraz.