Comfort in a glass.Loaded with chocolate and dark fruit goodness, this Shiraz will age gracefully with ease. The mouth is coated generously, the acid structure indicating a long life ahead too. Wood and baking type spices add further levels of complexity, though the cedary oak does protrude more than I had hoped. It settled in ensuing days - and that's when it was drinking its best. It's easy to warm to in the end - cold nights, hearty meals and friends... You get the picture. Give a year or two for best drinking but will cellar long term.

Produced from estate vines planted 7-70 years ago. Shouts McLaren Vale from the rooftops as black fruits and black chocolate dance around the medium to full-bodied palate, tannins and a swish of oak relegated to observer status. A unique regional style in world terms, its best stretching out years ahead.