A traditionally wet winter , mild spring and excellent fruit set provided a great start to the 2015 vintage after four vintages with below average yields. Spring was dry and led into a very mild, dry summer with no disease, resulting in fruit with higher natural acidity and incredible flavour and colour concentration. It was a dry, warm and windy start to January, with some welcome rain at the end of the month coinciding with the onset of veraison; perfectly timed for the old dry-grown vineyards. Mild weather followed from February through to April providing a fairytale vintage, eventually winding down at the end of April as the rain and cooler temperatures set in. The 2015 vintage has provided stunning signature regional varieties that show extraordinary flavour, purity of fruit and acid balance with the potential for exceptional ageing.

Lifted aromas of red fruits, Satsuma plum and blackberry harmonies with hints of bay leaf, sage, rosemary and. clove, while savoury complexities and cedar notes left and add definition.

A complex and elegantly structured wine with concentrated flavours of blackberry, spiced plum and wild red berries is layered with nuances of crushed rosemary, bay leaf and black pepper. A seductive mid-plate of great depth and rolling velvety tannins lead to a deliciously long, plush finish.

Very dark crimson in colour.

Matured in 18% new and 82% seasoned (82% French. 18% American) oak hogsheads for 18 months prior to blending and bottling.