Philip Shaw The Idiot Shiraz

Garnet red in colour with purplish hues. The bouquet is fragrant with juicy red fruits and blueberry, spice, lifted and intense. There is an appealing liquorice character to the intense fruit aromas, vibrant fruit flavours. The palate is brooding, with generous berry fruit and spice framed by fine savoury tannins on the finish.

They say that luck is found where opportunity meets preparation. Between us, we’ve had a lot of good luck, but more importantly we have been persistent, hard working and sometimes a little bit stubborn. Faith in our instincts combined with calculated risk have led to some beautiful moments of inspiration. There are conventions we are taught as winemakers, we don't allow ourselves to be defined by them. We like to allow the fruit to define our decisions when making the wine. Our style has been guided by Philip’s experience and now Daniel's. Wine that expresses a varietal, relates to a place and has subtly, depth and complexity. Wisdom and expertise exists in the space between the scientific process and an intuition steeped in decades of experience. This leads us to a level of distinction in our winemaking process. Our innovation comes from a hunger for new ideas and a desire to learn through trying new techniques. We are always learning and searching to improve our wine through new ideas...