An exceptional Coonawarra winner from a small vineyard site that consistently produces outstanding Shiraz. The 2003 Coonawarra season saw just below average temperatures and was generally mild and dry with yields being disappointingly low, however quality is very good. The combination of very low yields with a mild and dry ripening period has produced wines rich in varietal fruit flavours with soft tannins. Matured for approximately thirty months in a combination of 37% French and 64% American mostly small 225 litre oak barriques. Of these barrels, approximately 36% were new French oak and 42% were new American barrels. A Shiraz of exceptional character that can be cellared long term, ten to twenty years.