The Shiraz varietal is consistent in its nature, full-bodied with bold, upfront dark blackberry and plum fruit, most often married with toasted American (vanilla) and/or French oak (delicate cedar notes).
The 2021 harvest I would say was one of the better ones we’ve experienced in recent years. In our fabled zone of Heathcote, the ripening season appeared to be slow and steady like 2017. Then as it’s so often the case, it was all hands on deck.
