• Spicy oak
• Black Doris plum
• Ripe fruit
• Plump mouthfeel

This Shiraz Cabernet displays an intense red with purple hues, in the glass. The bouquet is intense and youthful with fresh berry fruit flavours with some well-integrated vanilla oak. The palate is full bodied, with dense ripe berry fruit flavours of cherries and black currants balanced with spicy oak, having a long and smooth finish.

Selected premium vineyards experienced ideal growing conditions producing wines of high sugar and flavours. Cool nights providing ideal harvesting conditions.

All the different types of grapes were fermented separately. Once grapes arrived at winery, the fruit was crushed and destemmed to a mixture of static and cinematic vessels. Fermentation temperatures could rise to 30 c, to extract colour and tannins, and then cooled down to 23 c. Wines were pressed off skins at 2 beaume and part of wine transferred to oak for fermentation to complete. Once wine was dry in oak and tank, each parcel was racked off gross lees back to same oak/vessels and allowed to go through malolactic fermentation. Wines were left in oak and in stainless steel tanks (with some oak staves) for 6 months until blended, stabilisation and filtration occurred.

Food Pairing: This wine has the flavour, structure and balance to be enjoyed now or offers added satisfaction from further cellaring. Pair with red wine casserole or a juicy steak with red onion jam.