This is our Spring 2025 Member's Shop exclusive, limited to 40 dozen bottles available for purchase. 
 
PLEASE NOTE: Shipping of these wines will commence from 20 October 2025.
 
A good deal of my adult time in wine has been spent in the Hunter Valley, including three successive vintages with Tyrrells (’12-’14). It holds a very special significance for this time, and its place in Australian wine history and folklore. One significant left-of-centre style the Valley has historically been home to is the Shiraz - Pinot Noir blend (especially those of the early work of Maurice O’Shea and Mt Pleasant), combining medium weighted, earthy shiraz, with the sweeter berry fruit of pinot noir to great effect.

I am lucky enough to have shared bottles of these wines dating back to the ’40’s, including the legendary 1965 vintage.

This cuvée is a homage to those styles.
 
Grown on decomposed granite, with patches of grey basalt in the Glenhope Vineyard, in the north of the Macedon Ranges region. A field blend of Shiraz and Pinot Noir, picked together from a single block and co-fermented. Deep ruby with a purple edge, aromatics of kirsch, black pepper, graphite, anise and lavender burst from the glass. The palate is supple and fleshy, full of deep, dark cherry fruit and spicy complexity, with vibrant acidity enlivening the finish.
 
A wine with instant appeal and also incredibly cellar-able.