Deep, black to purple-red. Bright. Aromas of freshly shaved white chocolate tossed through ripe halved and de-stoned just-picked plums; also some all-spice, dried orange peel, a tincture of rubbed fresh lavender, and a cap full of red vermouth. Acid freshness and length; berry and plums fruit flavours; rounded tannins that stoutly fight to keep the wine from disappearing too quickly. Milk chocolate flavours are kept taut by notes of fennel and aniseed, bay leaf and black peppercorn - and black olive. An all too naturally dovetailed package of McLaren Vale shiraz.