2008 Swiss International Air Lines Wine Awards – Bronze Award
2007 Concours Mondial de Bruxelles – Silver Medal
International Wine and Spirit Competition - Silver
Sante Classic Wine Trophy 2006 - Gold Medal
Veritas 2006 - Silver
Michelangelo Awards 2006 - Silver Medal
A rich blend of Shiraz & Merlot fruit that combines new world ripe fruit flavours with a more classic style. Dark chocolate, coffee mocha is complemented by loads of red fruit. The promise on the nose follows through to the palate with layers of fruit nicely complemented by the rich coffee mocha flavors. Nice, ripe structured tannins add to the mouth feel. A suede-like elegance on the palate ends off with a long lingering finish.
This is a versatile wine to be enjoyed with a wide variety of dishes like Shepherd’s pie, roast turkey, Irish stew, steak and kidney pie, lamb shanks, sausage barbecue, lamb and calves liver, Lancashire stew, corned beef hash, meat balls, savoury mince, chilli con carne, cous cous, pumpkin risottos, vegetable dishes based on mushrooms.