Everyone needs a special place for the icons. They are a benchmark for how to strive to reach such levels of glory. There are icons in every industry, standing pretty on their pedastals, a near godlike effigy. Icona is a homage to the icons of McLaren Vale, of which there are many.

Big, bold, juicy with cassis and blueberries on the nose and molasses, chocolate and cherries on the tongue. Beyond all of that, ultimately it’s like being embraced by an enormous purple clam with blueberry chops and wobbly rubber Fgrape flavoured hands just before they throw you into a vat of fermenting blueberry pie. Willie Wonka’s Veruca Salt – eat your heart out!