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Vineyard Region Barossa Valley, McLaren Vale, Coonawarra Vintage Conditions The Barossa Valley experienced a drier than average growing season with reainfall at 83 percent of the 10 year mean, reducing yield in a virtually disease-free season. Ripening was slow. Good sugar levels, alcohols and ripe flavours were realised. McLaren Vale had good rainfall and mild temperatures and Coonawarra had a warm, very dry autumn followed by a cool and sometimes we summer. Grape variety Shiraz (Syrah) Maturation A ged in 100% new American oak for 18 months. Colour Dark plum with brick red rim. Nose R ich and complex with flashes of green tea leaf and truffle, interlocked with freshly tanned leather and savoury notes, prune and stewed blueberry fruits. Enticing classy oak (cedar) elevated, yet not overstated, by smoky barrel ferment character. Palate What is promised on the nose is delivered on the palate - an opulent, intense, hedonistic wine. Layers of massive Shiraz fruit and expertly crafted oak manifest themselves into a seemingly endless variety of flavours - deep plum, liquorice, cedar, chocolate, coffee - all compressed into a silken, round mouth feel. Forceful, ripe tannins are balanced by sheer weight of fruit. An excellent offering from an above average vintage. Winemaker comments by John Duval Vineyard Region Barossa Valley, McLaren Vale, Coonawarra Vintage Conditions The Barossa Valley experienced a drier than average growing season with reainfall at 83 percent of the 10 year mean, reducing yield in a virtually disease-free season. Ripening was slow. Good sugar levels, alcohols and ripe flavours were realised. McLaren Vale had good rainfall and mild temperatures and Coonawarra had a warm, very dry autumn followed by a cool and sometimes we summer. Grape variety Shiraz (Syrah) Maturation A ged in 100% new American oak for 18 months. Colour Dark plum with brick red rim. Nose R ich and complex with flashes of green tea leaf and truffle, interlocked with freshly tanned leather and savoury notes, prune and stewed blueberry fruits. Enticing classy oak (cedar) elevated, yet not overstated, by smoky barrel ferment character. Palate What is promised on the nose is delivered on the palate - an opulent, intense, hedonistic wine. Layers of massive Shiraz fruit and expertly crafted oak manifest themselves into a seemingly endless variety of flavours - deep plum, liquorice, cedar, chocolate, coffee - all compressed into a silken, round mouth feel. Forceful, ripe tannins are balanced by sheer weight of fruit. An excellent offering from an above average vintage. Winemaker comments by John Duval