Made by Aaron Wood and Nicholas Crampton for the Fourth Wave Wine team.  93% Shiraz, 5% Mataro and 2% Graciano. 30% new oak for 9 months. 80% Barossa Valley and 20% Eden Valley.

Fruit and spice with plum dust, plum sauce, eucalypt campfire smoke and formic acid (crushed ant). Spices reminiscent of Cinnamon scrolls, camphor and cedar. Slick bittersweet palate: black olive and bitter plum with a wink of blackberry fruit and ruby grapefruit to finish.  tart and medium/full. tannins seem almost devonshire tea like – proper for the afternoon. Closes down with a simple, yet balanced tail

RRP: $21

Alc: 14.5%
Rating: 17/20

Wine sample courtesy of Fourth Wave Wine