• French oak
• Ripe raspberries & cherries
• Subtle spice & mocha
• Moreish & supple

"Delightfully styled and immediately appealing, the wine shows Black Doris plum, sweet cherry, star anise, olive and roasted almond notes, followed by a juicy palate that's silky and supple. Tannins are fine and well infused, offering fabulous drinking. At its best: now to 2031" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit

Deep red with purple hues. Ripe raspberries, forest fruits and fragrant floral notes with a subtle spice and mocha chocolate characters. A full-bodied wine with plenty of jubey, berry fruits and hints of confectionary/cherry ripe characters. The generous fruits and approachable tannins combine to produce a moreish wine, spicy and supple in structure with a wonderful persistence of flavour. Perfectly approachable in its youth, this wine will comfortably cellar for several years.

The growing season began with a late budburst after a relatively cold winter with reasonable rainfall. The cool spring which followed resulted in some uneven flowering and fruit set, and generally lower than average yields. We experienced a significant (and unusual) rain event mid- January which was timely due to the later season, and this was followed by some fine, mild weather to get vintage underway.

There was a complete lack of Marri blossom leading up to and during harvest which meant that bird pressure was extreme! Bird-netting absolutely vital this season. There was a minor rain event coupled with high humidity mid-March which presented some challenges requiring careful fruit selection with some white varieties; however, this gave way to some beautiful weather right through till late April.

Fruit for this blend was entirely Estate grown on our Boodjidup vineyard in the Wallcliffe subregion of Margaret River.

The fruit was destemmed and then crushed with open rollers to introduce whole berries into the ferment. After fermentation in both static and rotary fermenters, the various batches underwent MLF and 14 months maturation in a selection of fine French oak barriques (25% new oak in total) prior to assembling the blend and bottling.