"The sun-baked earth of McLaren Vale provides a layered geology ideal for complex yet balanced wines laced with power and elegance. The 2017 vintage of Shiraz continues with that ideal, leading with blackberry, blackcurrant pastille and faint wisps of molasses, carried subtly by gentle tannins – long and wide across the palate – while roast beetroot and sarsaparilla tonic tantalise the olfactory."