Deep purple with a vibrant ruby rim in the glass. Intensely varietal with mulberry and plum notes with a lifted white pepper and a lovely savoury earthiness.
The palate is soft and silken, with ripe plummy fruits and a fresh, richly flavoured finish.

2016 was a very distinct vintage yet again for Western Australia. A dry, warm Spring/Summer lead to growth tracking early, but a tropical rain event in late January pushed back harvest. Late March saw the tail end of a weak tropical system move through, which saw a small rain event buby this point most reds had been picked but this rain was a great little freshener for the older Cabernet vines that still had fruit on them. The overall result of this seasons ups and downs are reds that look exceptional with higher yields than in 2015 meaning better vine balance and rate of ripening, smaller bunches and some of the smallest berry size seen for many years.

Grown on vineyard sites that are renowned for producing Western Australia’s most distinct Shiraz wines: Great Southern (80%) and Geographe (10%). The resulting batches have been carefully blended to produce a single outstanding wine that shows layers of flavours and characters with the potential to bottle age. At harvest, each parcel was picked separately and destemmed only (no crushing) and fermented using a yeast strain selected to enhance the spicy varietal characters of Shiraz. The ferment was conducted at 22-26C to further encourage aromatic retention and to maximise colour intensity by controlling the rate of fermentation. The pressings were returned into the free run to provide structure and body to the end wine.