Tasting note

Smoky, toasty oak, some nougat whiffs, coffee grounds, earth and then dark berry fruit characters. Fleshy in fruit, good concentration of flavour, even and rich, imbued with toasty oak, finishes with sour, tangy acidity that clatters across the palate. Decent drink feels like it would be popular, regardless, with weight and flavour bursting out of glass. Drink 2015-2020. Score - 89. (Mike Bennie, winefront.com.au, Sept. 2015)

This dry, full-bodied and woody red displays a simple and medium nose. On the palate, its refreshing acidity, rough tannins, and broad texture precede a medium finish.

Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2009 Metricup Road Shiraz offers well defined blackberry and ripe black cherry notes over warm wild blueberries, cloves, fenugreek and mace.