Variety: Shiraz

Region: Barossa Valley

Tasting Notes: Chocolate & Vanilla

This wine has a nose of lifted cherries, blood plums and spice. The palate is jam packed full of blackberry flavours, with an underlying richness of chocolate and vanilla.

Background Information: James Halliday rates the winery behind this wine with 4 ½ stars in his Wine Companion. He gave this Shiraz 91 / 100 & quotes $19 as its sell price.

The winemaker has four decades experience in the South Australian wine industry at a number of Barossa Valley icon wineries including Orlando, the Saltram/Krondorf Group, Kaiser Stuhl and finally with Penfolds where he was a senior winemaker for eighteen years.

Vintage: 2004

State: South Australia

Country: Australia

Alcohol Content: 14%

Standard Drinks: 8.3

Preservatives: 220

Bottle Top: Stelvin

Bottle Size: 750ml

Red/White Wine: Red