Shiraz

Great Southern, Western Australia.  Starbright, medium intensity ruby. Intense blackcurrant and cranberry fruit aromatics on the nose with anise, black pepper, cocoa. Juicy fresh acidity and gentle tannin profile makes this wine an easy drinking delight. Good fruit concentration without being heavy adds to the enjoyment. The palate finishes clean and fresh, with good length dominated by a blackcurrant and blueberry fruit core...

Mornington Peninsula, Victoria. Deep red in colour. The nose is aromatically bright with a complex mix of black fruits, wet stone and charcuterie. The palate, with blackcurrant and black pepper flavours...

South Eastern Australia, Intense red with purple hues. Intense youthful fresh ripe berry fruit flavours with some well integrated vanillia oak. Full bodied dense ripe berry fruit flavours balanced with vanillian oak but yet long and smooth...

Heathcote, Victoria. Dark red/purple. Lovely intense Shiraz fruit leaps from the glass. Dark berry fruit, spice and cloves are dominant. There is complexity already evident on this brooding young wine with underlying scents of pepper, provincial herbs and classy French oak. The palate is loaded with dark fruited shiraz intensity...

Heathcote, Victoria.  Dark Red. Sweet rich upfront fruit expected and typical of Heathcote Shiraz. There’s more Shiraz and less Mourvedre in this blend than in previous years, and as a result is a more structured wine with more tannin. It has a similar flavour profile to the 2005, juicy sweet berry fruit, but with a firmer finish. The tiny percentage of Riesling is still there to add a spicy lift to the nose...

Heathcote, Victoria.  Deep and dark red. The wine shows the charry savoury bouquet of new barrel fermentation, with a backdrop of spicy black fruit. The palate has upfront rich spicy bittersweet fruit, and a lingering earthy savoury finish. There is a core backbone of fi ne grained charry tannin which augurs well for a long life ahead...

Coonawarra, South Australia. The soft approachable structure and ethereal fruit characters are derived in part from Coonawarra’s cool climate and partly from an intentionally lower, and somewhat ‘old fashioned’, alcohol content. The use of very tight grained oak has given length and complexity without dominating the delicate fruit...