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WINERY RATING |
James Halliday, Australian Wine Companion 2013 |
A highly awarded and very popular wine first produced in 1999. It has a rich and powerful aroma and palate of blackberries, toast and sweet fruit. The wine is well balanced with fresh rich fruit, soft tannins, has a long dry finish and is suitable for mid-term cellaring. A classic McLaren Vale Shiraz which benefits from a period of decanting.
Tasting Notes
Appearance
Deep Purple/Crimson.
Bouquet
Ethereal perfume of musk, nutmeg, cinnamon and vanilla, intertwined with aromas of plums, raspberries, strawberries and red cherries, all sitting on a layer of dusty, smoky toast.
Palate
Rich fruit driven front and mid palate crammed full of plums, cherries, strawberries and cream. This ball of richness is a hallmark if this wine style and the youthful grape tannins provide a gritty texture and length that will soften and integrate with age.
Winemaking
This wine is selected from intense and powerful Shiraz parcels from our best McLaren Vale vineyard blocks. The fruit was fermented on skins for 7 - 10 days in open fermenters prior to pressing, with 90% of the wine undergoing barrel fermentation. Maturation was in varying proportions of new and one year old French and American oak barrels for 18 months. The components are selected for this wine based on their fruit intensity, richness, structure and the integration or style of oak.
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