Shiraz

Pyrenees, Victoria. Bright ruby red. Regional spices like cardamom and clove rise over ripe blueberry fruit and a touch of vanillan oak. The blueberry like fruit gives way to those tell-tale foresty spices and a rich mid-palate of chocolate, vanilla and balanced acidity.  The soft tannin structure of this wine allows lingering fruit flavours to shine throughout the long dry finish...

WINERY RATING

James Halliday, Australian Wine Companion 2013

Heathcote, Victoria.  Excellent flavour intensity without excess weight or ‘flabby’ characteristics. Terrific length and persistence thanks to good acidity and fine tannins. Despite being approachable in it’s youth, the wine will develop in a good cellar, and reward your patience for up to ten years...

WINERY RATING
James Halliday,	Australian Wine Companion 2010

Frankland River, Western Australia. The wine displays opulent aromas of black fruits, plum pudding and touches of spice, black pepper and star anise. The palate is full bodied and deeply layered with complex savoury characters enhancing the sweet fruited mid palate...

Waiheke Island, New Zealand.  Blueberries and raspberries dominate at this early stage. Flinty aromas keep the bouquet tight, but hint at the promise of longevity. A touch of white pepper and background cedar spice offer more complexity. The palate has silky texture with lovely acidity that provides freshness and balance. Only a small amount of new oak was used to balance the site’s primary qualities...

Waiheke Island, New Zealand.  Produced exclusively from the Hermitage clone, which has smaller berries, tighter bunches and slightly lower yields than the Chave clone, this wine has distinctly more pepper and fresh red fruits, finer tannins and more pronounced acidity than its flagship counterpart...