A stunning shiraz made in a serious, long-term northern Rhone style. Laced with heady scents of musky spices, cracked pepper and dark flowers, its deep core of bright black, blue and red berries and dark plums entwines around fresh, smoky/cedar oak with undertones of vanilla and dark chocolate. As it breathes it becomes more mineral and deeply layered. Underpinned by drying, crunchy tannins of genuine firmness, it’s superbly long and mouthfilling, delivering a powerful bur measured expression of pristine fruit that simply soaks up some showy oak. Looking even better a day after opening, it’s a superbly stylish, complex and balanced shiraz that finishes dark and savoury, with a mouthwatering acidity and a lingering note of black licorice.