Full red colour with a tint of purple, the bouquet shows charry-smoky, cold-ash aromas at first, revealing spiced berries as it aired. The wine is very rich and dense, full-bodied and concentrated with lashings of supple tannins and a long carry augmented by some alcohol warmth. Luscious, full-flavoured and almost opulent.
Vines almost 100 years old, matured in used puncheons and hogsheads for 16 months. Retains both crimson hue and depth, the shiraz, despite being only a quarter of the blend, has a significant impact, both in terms of dark/ black fruit flavour and firmer structure, but at the end of the day, it’s the heady perfume and juicy red fruits of the grenache and mataro that make this glorious wine what it is.