Brightly coloured; ripe almost sweet black fruit bouquet; plummy and full of spice on entry the complexity builds up and more savoury and dark fruit comes through with a complexing element of dried herb and leather; medium-bodied long and richly fruited on the finish. Screwcap.

Blended of two Brokenback vineyards and coming from heavier darker soils the 2006 Vat 8 Shiraz is predominately barrique aged with a little American Oak. Very deep garnet-black in color it has some earthy gamey notes presiding over the fragrant aromas of violets cinnamon dark chocolate kirsch and a whiff of cedar. Medium-high acid medium-firm fine tannins concentrated layers of spices and dark fruits finishing very long. Drink 2011 to 2018. 1500 cases made. -Lisa Perrotti-Brown