The long and cool, dry growing seasons that prevail in Coonawarra provide ideal conditions for grapes to accumulate intense flavours and colours. Vinified from a selection of fruit grown to older vine Cabernet Sauvignon planted in the shallow Terra rossa soils of Neilson's Block, replanted by Ian and Wendy Hollick circa 1975, with a contribution from the Wilgha vineyard, acquired in 1987. Hollick know that great wines are made on the land, to this end, grapes are handled carefully to retain the exquisite fruit flavours of the vineyard. A measure of barrel ferments, followed by twenty months maturation in a selection of new and seasoned French oak, achieves elegance and builds sound structure.