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Where depth and elegance coexist
It's been a while since I bottled a Shiraz. Not because I don't love the grape — far from it. It's because I'm fussy about Shiraz, and I'd rather hold out for the right one than rush out something ordinary.
Then this parcel came past, and I couldn't resist. It's the true Goldilocks of wines: not too heavy, not too light, just right.
The fruit comes from a single vineyard at Balhannah, sitting high in the Adelaide Hills. Up there the climate is cool, and that's the secret to this style — it keeps everything elegant and refined instead of big and jammy.
2025 was a classic Hills vintage, too. Small crops meant the fruit was wonderfully concentrated, and it ripened slowly in the autumnal sunshine — exactly the kind of season that gives you intense flavour without losing freshness.
In the winery I kept it gentle and traditional. The fruit was completely destemmed, then the whole berries went into open fermenters with daily pump overs to coax out all those gorgeous aromatics. From there it was basket pressed straight to seasoned French oak hogsheads, where it rested for 12 months.
The result is a cracking example of modern Aussie Shiraz — generous and mouth-filling, with dark berries, a little twist of pepper and a smooth, savoury finish. But thanks to those cool Adelaide Hills nights, it never tips over into heavy. Drinkable through and through.
As winter locks in, this is the bottle to pull out for something hearty by the fire. Dust off the slow cooker: osso bucco, lamb shoulder, pork neck — or a classic roast chook with all the trimmings.
Small parcel, single vineyard, direct from the vineyard to you. When it's gone, it's gone.
Just $18 per bottle or $210 per dozebn
