Purple and bright and alive and crimsonly vibrant. The heightened aromatics and the deft and plush bouquet brings Barossan shiraz's innate perfume (ripe plum, dark chocolate, bay leaf, black olive) into the gentle almost silent sway of oak's waft (nutmeg, vanilla, and rum-soaked raisins). The palate is where plushness continues, then silkiness, then tannin's grip, then ripe fruit harnessed by keen acidity. And the reward loop repeats. A concentrated core of dark berry fruits in fresh compote form. A deep dive into the Barossa and its shiraz that is always unmistakable and always undiminished.