Hand picked, mechanically sorted. Fermented with ambient yeast, 25% whole bunches. 16 days maceration. Matured for 9 months in 32% new French oak. The 25% whole bunches bring a briary complexity, while building a tannic bridge between the attack and mid palate. The tannins, grape and oak, serve as a long arc across blue/boysenberry, anise, clove and violet. Peppery and vibrant as much as it is plush and firm. JS
Full, deep crimson-purple; this is a shiraz with some of the accoutrements of cabernet sauvignon, but without any loss of its core identity; black fruits have great depth and tannin structure, the depth not greater than the length. Power with balance, and an unqualifiedly long future. JH