"It is youthful and beautifully perfumed on the nose showing dark plum, raspberry, mixed spice, espresso and vanilla characters. The palate is succulent and silky, and delivers plenty of tasty fruit flavours with subtle spicy nuances, finishing very long and delectable. The wine shows vibrancy as well as fruit richness. At its best: now to 2021. $22.00. Certified organic. NZ Distributor: Eurovintage" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit Aug 2017.

Dark, inky purple in the glass, whilst the bouquet offers arromas of blackberry and plum followed by pepper and spice. the palate is one of dark cherry, blackberry, cedar and clove with deft oak and a hint of pepper.

McLaren Vale coastal climate is ideally suited to organic viticulture and the Angove family’s philosophy of organic management of their vineyards in the region has been unwavering. Sustainable viticulture and organic management of the Angove vineyards, including under-vine mulching to enrich the soil and increase carbon content, manual removal of weeds, no synthetic herbicide and fungicide use and zero artificial inputs, ensure vines with greater balance, fruit flavour concentration and better overall vineyard biodiversity and health. The whole system is linked – Soil, Plants, Animals, Food, People and Environment.

The 2016 Wild Olive Shiraz grapes have been sourced from our Warboys Organic Vineyard and a long term local grower. Warboys provides the powerful base for the wine with growers fruit contributing elegance and finesse due to diff erent soils and microclimates. Hand crafted in the Angove small batch winery, the berries were gently de-stemmed with a large proportion of whole berries included. A three day cold soak was followed by fermentation during which the juice is gently
pumped over the skins to extract colour, fl avour and tannin. The fi nished ferment was then basket pressed to ensure the gentle handling continues as the delicate fl avours are coaxed from the grapes. Maturation in small oak for 12 months prior to barrel selection and assemblage preceded minimal fi ning and light fi ltration pre bottling.Cellering potential of this wine is up to 2019.

Food Pairing: A perfect match to French inspired food such as organic Coq au vin.