With 4% Viognier, the nose of this Shiraz-based wine offers an appealing mix of plum, fig cake, mocha, olive and large helpings of savory spice. The palate is powerfully tannic and chalky in texture. Nevertheless, the spicy, brambly fruit finds its way to the fore, providing much needed softness. Give this a decant or air time or plenty of protein if drinking now. Drink until 2028.

Dense and rustic, with chewy tannins and notes of dried black olive, leather and mineral that add savory details to the blackberry and huckleberry flavors at the core. Shiraz and Viognier. Drink now through 2030. 5,100 cases imported.