A silky-smooth, elegant and subtly perfumed rendition of Shiraz, this wine is better suited to the old-world name Syrah. It is restrained yet complex, providing layer upon layer of mulberry, white pepper, tarragon, cedar, earth and flint in a traditional balanced medium-bodied style.Showing volume and body with elegance and restraint, this headily perfumed and enticingly refined medium-bodied cool-climate Syrah is the result of an assemblage of thirteen individual small batches sourced from Block 25 on our Maroondah Highway vineyard. Leading with an intense starburst of white pepper, the complex nose also offers a mélange of spiced plums, dried figs, cloves, fruit mince pies, wood ash and bramble leaf. The palate delivers a poise, presence and weight which belie its cool growing season. The fruit intensity glides right through to a deep and resounding finish with a subtle Campari-like bitterness tempered with a slow-building resonance of flavour and tannin.