Consistency best sums up this special vineyard. A muscular and brawny wine that can be consumed in it's youth, Rayner can develop into a rich, chocolate and earth McLaren Vale red. Harvested, crushed and chilled to tanker in the McLaren Vale, brought to the Brokenwood Estate in the Hunter Valley for vinomatic fermentation. Not overly rotated, as soft tannins are required. Maturation was in 80% American and 20% French oak (coopered in the Napa Valley) and the distinctive vanillin lift compliments the ripe dark berry and mocha chocolate aromas of McLaren Vale Shiraz. Alcohol 14.5%