This Shiraz represents the pinnacle of McLaren Vale Shiraz. The 2021 comes from handpicked, old vines in an outstanding year and has resulted in a wine of exceptional intensity, complexity, depth of flavour and length of palate.

Palate - Full bodied and intense, yet elegant and balanced this wine has blackberry, plum and blueberry flavours with dark chocolate, licorice, and hints of peat and coffee bean. The palate has layers of flavour, outstanding density, complexity and length of palate. 

Bouquet - Bright dark plum, blue and black berry and notes of peat, dark chocolate, fresh sage, musk and black olive tapenade

Food Matching Suggestions - Reverse seared tomahawk steak basted with butter, garlic and fresh thyme and served with blue cheese sauce

Gold Medal - 2024 McLaren Vale Wine Show

Trophy - 2024 McLaren Vale Wine Show "Wine of Provenance"

95 Halliday Points - Marcus Ellis 2024 "Sourced from three vineyards with an average vine age of 70 years, with 17 months in French oak. This is an abundant wine of dark-fruited depth and sleek elaboration to bottle. It’s silky, full of black berries and plum, chocolate and clove, along with some meatier, smoky notes, iron and violet. It’s got intensity and suppleness while maintaining keen balance, the elegantly fine tannins signing off in style."

95 Points - Andrew Caillard MW - The Vintage Journal 2026 "Deep crimson. Gorgeous ripe blackberry dark chocolate aromas and flavours with underlying roasted chestnut notes, lovely mid plate volume/ concentration and fine-grained but firm and vigorous tannins. A ferruginous note at the finish. Acidity slightly at the fore, but delicious nonetheless. Drink now – 2036"