Medium to fall red-purple; the bouquet is essentially fruit-driven, with utterly classic varietal character showing a range of liquorice, earth and black cherry aromas supported by subtle oak. A mouthfilling and luscious wine, with wonderfully rich liquorice and dark chocolate fruit, supported by an echo of vanillin oak. A wine which comes again and again as you taste it. Drinking: 2000-2010; Rating: 95; Australian Wine Companion 1999