Parcels of Shiraz exhibiting intense varietal characters, essential for the Bin 555 style, are harvested at full maturity, the best possible harvests of fruit to produce a rich, round and generous wine with great depth of flavour and good solid structure. A temperature controlled vinification throughout ten to twelve days in a combination of static and rotary fermenters is managed to a strict cap management regime which extracts deep colour and rich fruit flavour while striking the optimal balance of tannin. Upon completion the finished wine is treated to maturation in a combination of predominantly American oak hogsheads for a year prior to assemblage. Alcohol 14.0%