The colour is purple violet, medium-hued, welcoming. Aromas of aniseed, liquorice, grated dark chocolate with mocha powder dusted atop. Blackpepper just ground, bay leaf and nutmeg. And some vanilla sneaking in - hence a neat marriage of the grapes’ aromatics and our lady-winemaker’s judicious use of oak barrels. The palate is Clean, clear, long and brightly flavoured and textured. An uplifting red wine, displaying grenache’s berry fruit joy, shiraz’s powdery earthiness, and mataro’s peasant’s twinkling eye. The palate pingpongs with hits of deep, dark fruit, spikes of acidity, and sliding streams of ripe tannins. Barossa - all so eloquently.