Tasting Notes

Bright red cherry colour with a crimson hue. Seductive aromas of dark cherry, dried rose petals, thyme and damp earth. Beautifully varietal, elegant and long on the palate. Medium weight red fruit richness and fine-grained tannins are drawn out long across the palate by acidity to create a finish which is savoury and dry.

Duck

5-7 years from vintage

Tasting Notes

Bright red cherry with a crimson hue. Aromas of black cherry, gentle toast and wild herbs prevail with a strong sense of the forest. Lovely ripe flavours of black cherry and red fruits are balanced with fine velvety tannins and a hint of dry earth. Long, soft, fine grained finish.

Duck dishes

5-7 years from vintage

Tasting Notes

Deep brick red colour. Vibrant aromatics of red and black cherries, rose petal, sandalwood and wet earth. On the palate, fresh red fruits and fine dry tannins provide a soft yet complex finish.

Duck dishes

5 years from vintage

Tasting Notes

Deep red colour. Prominent aromatics of black cherry and boysenberry overshadow subtle notes of rose petal, bark, and a hint of fresh mint. Rich on the palate, fine oak and intriguing mushroom, soy and dried herb flavours provide complexity to the sweet dark fruited core of this wine. The finish is long and lithe.

Game and lamb dishes

7 years from vintage

Tasting Notes

A medium ruby colour. Bright aromas of cherry, raspberry, dried sage and a hint of smoke make for an enticing nose. On the palate the taut, focussed fruit tannin sits seamlessly in this medium weight wine with a silky savoury finish.

Veal

5 years from vintage

Tasting Notes

A bright and deep rosey red. Fragrant aromatics of red fruits, plum, tree bark, a variety of flowers, spice and earth. 2009 is a year of seamless structure, satin tannins and gentle supporting acidity. The palate is pure, long, very finely textured. The lush mid palate holds a mix of red berries, violets, ruby grapefruit, liquorice and exotic spice. The wine finishes with length, poise and delightful focus.

Game, pork or lamb dishes.

7 years from vintage

Tasting Notes

Deep blackish red. Dark brooding fruit aromas of black cherry, boysenberry with florals, truffle and tar. The palate is silkily structured, with layered fine tannins giving a texture of silk and rose petals. Flavours of the same black fruits and florals, backed with mushroom, bark, fennel and other spices. Dense yet elegant and poised. The finish gradually unwinds revealing bright red berry and violets.

Game birds, lamb.

7 years from vintage

Tasting Notes

Deep black, plummy red. Vibrant and complex aromatics of black fruit, flowers, liquorice, plum and cherry, with secondary notes of earth, cocoa and spice. The palate is full and sweet-fruited with flavours of cherries, violets, tar, bark, smoke, spice and liquorice. Full bodied with fine, velvety tannins that coat the mouth.

Game birds, lamb.

10 years from vintage

Tasting Notes

Bright ruby red in colour. Savoury spice notes are accented by perfumed aromas of violets, red cherry, blackberry and ruby grapefruit on the nose. Complex flavours of cherry, root spice, smoke and florals predominate the textural and creamy palate. The finish is long with red fruit and spice drawn out by the fine, silky tannin structure.

Game birds, lamb.

5 years from vintage

Tasting Notes

Full purple colour. Brooding aromatics of black cherry and musky plum, with liquorice and floral notes. Dark berry fruit, tar, and spice flavours dominate the rich, full palate that has a fine core of central tannin and bright acidity giving a distinctive velvety texture and persistence on the palate.

Game birds, lamb.

5 years from vintage

Tasting Notes

The colour is bold, moving into dusk-purple. The nose is a perfume of violets, black plums and smoked mushroom. Flavours of ripe cherry and black berry fruit flood the mouth, with forest floor and root spices. The palate is elegant and velvety, giving the wine a warming yet clean feel, carrying intense flavours into a seamless, lingering finish.

Game birds, lamb.

7 years from vintage

Tasting Notes

The colour is bold, moving into dusk-purple. The nose is a perfume of violets, black plums and smoked mushroom. Flavours of ripe cherry and black berry fruit flood the mouth, with forest floor and root spices. The palate is elegant The wine is a dark black/purple in colour, denser than all but the finest vintage Pinot Noir. Aromatically complex and initially closed, the fine hazelnut aromas of oak and lees grace the intense violet and creamed black-fruit characters. This silky, classic Pinot Noir is full and rich with ripe black-fruit flavours, hints of cola nut and intense forest floor earthy characters. Fine, long tannins add structure to a complete example of the variety.

Game birds, lamb.

7 years from vintage

Tasting Notes

The wine is a dark black/purple in colour. Aromatically complex and lifted with intense violet and creamed black-fruit characters. The silky, classic Pinot Noir palate is driven by warm ripe black-cherry and doris-plum flavours, hints of cola nut and intense mushroom.

Game birds, lamb.

7 years from vintage

Tasting Notes

In its youth the wine is a moderate black/purple in colour. On the nose the wine is complex and lifted, with aromas of black cherries, dark plums, aromatic sweet herbs and hints of wet forest, spice and lovely nutty oak. The palate is classic Pinot Noir, with warm ripe cherry and blackberry flavours, hints of root spices and dried herbs and again a lovely hint of fine French oak.

Game birds, lamb.

7 years from vintage