Very deep, rich crimson in colour with crimson hue. Notes of blackberried and black cherry fruits, spice box and a little pepper that carry through onto the rich, velvety, long and slightly sweet but not cloying palate.

In 1995, two neighbouring South Australian growers, Drew Dowie and Norm Doole, sat down together to celebrate the end of another successful harvest with a hearty breakfast washed down with a McLaren Vale Shiraz. However, their conversation revealed their dissatisfaction with waving off the last trucks to wineries up the road. Like sending children away to school, letting go of those they had nurtured was becoming too hard. There and then, they decided to join forces and start their own winery - and establish it as one of the best in McLaren Vale