An assertive, powerful shiraz with fragrant, meaty aromas of sweet berries, overtones of spicy prunes, currants and plums, plus a suggestion of black pepper. Richly structured, but lacking its customary core of vibrant fruit, it’s perhaps a wine of shorter-term cellaring than usual from this vineyard.

Heady floral notes and suggestions of clove and cinnamon-like spices overlie a brooding bouquet whose aromas blackberries, blueberries, cassis and dark plums are tightly knit with fine-grained oak. Framed by firm, powdery tannin, it unfolds layers of searingly intense and slightly sour-edged, juicy plum and berry fruit backed by spicy, minty nuances and restrained oak. Very firm and astringent, but already very approachable, entirely natural and finely balanced.

Charmingly elegant, smooth and supple, this pristine and finely balanced shiraz has a heady bouquet of violets, cassis, raspberries and blackberries backed by fresh cedar/vanilla oak and lifted by scents of white pepper and rose garden-like aromas. With a fine, bony spine of powdery tannins tightly would around its pure presence of dark and red berries, redcurrants and dark plums, chocolate/vanilla oak, it finishes with excellent length and freshness.

A beautifully balanced, pure and mouthwatering young shiraz whose faintly smoky, peppery aromas of juicy cassis, blackberries, raspberries and sweet cedar/vanilla oak are lifted by scents of violets and exotic spices. Full to medium-bodied, itÕs long and elegant, with pristine small berry and plum flavours deftly knit with fine-grained oak, powdery tannins and a refreshing acidity, finishing with exceptional persistence and harmony. ItÕs still very primary and elemental and should cellar wonderfully well.