Trophy: Champion Dry Red Table Wine + Top Gold Medal

National Cool Climate Wine Show 2019

This Shiraz is from Mount Avoca’s oldest vines, planted in 1971. It was crushed and fermented on skins for 8 to 10 days in open-ended oak barrels, and hand plunged to maximise fruit aroma and flavour without excessive tannin extraction. Pressings and Free Run were combined, and the wine was transferred to new French oak Hogsheads for 14 months.

The wine is full-bodied with flavours of blueberries, pepper and figs, cloaked by soft, silky tannins.