A special wine. It's all tang and undergrowth, cherries and peppery spices but putting names to the individual flavours doesn't do the overall effect justice. This is a wine of fresh-faced beauty. How. It doesn't take you long into the first glass to start wondering how they did it. It tastes like a kind of magic.

Shows richness and ripeness, as well as deep-set, sappy complexity and spice notes with a core of fruit in the red-plum and mulberry spectrum. The palate has bright flavors, in the same fruit realm, which are delivered on a bed of plush, supple and fine tannins. Impressive resolve to this wine. Medium body. Drink or hold.

From a producer and region better known for Pinot Noir, the 2018 Shiraz has some Pinot-like character, being both medium-bodied and silky textured. Darker-hued than Farr's Pinots, it features mulberry fruit and plenty of smoky, slightly bacony nuances, perhaps even a bit of blueberry on the long, mouthwatering finish. It reminds me of an excellent