Brilliant colour, dense red right to the edge. Sweet, blackberry and mulberry nose highlighted with French Oak. Fruit, wood, alcohol and tannins are combining for a wonderful long finish. Medium bodied, will only get better with time. In balance now, but it would be a shame to drink it too soon – 2018 onwards.

The nose shows complex savoury, earthy, bramble aromas with lifted American oak. The palate is medium bodied with bright red currant and hints of spice and blackberry.

Deep dense crimson red in colour with a youthful purple hue the wine has lifted, cassis and herbaceous berry like fruit aromas currently dominating the bouquet with cigar box vanilla wood overtones. The palate is well structured and full bodied, featuring rich, ripe and persistent classic Cabernet flavours supported by a backbone of integrated, finely grained soft tannins and French oak. The ripe fruit flavours are enhanced and sweetened by the oak and finishes with a balanced crisp acidity. The wine is an excellent accompaniment for red meat dishes especially BBQ and heavy pasta dishes and curries.

A hot dry vintage produced Cabernet grapes that were too ripe and concentrated to make table wine. The wine was fortified on skins to extract maximum colour and flavour. The wines colour is a deep brick red with fresh purple tints. It has a rich fruity Cabernet bouquet with mature grape flavours, complexed with very old fine brandy spirit used in the fortification. A true vintage port style, it is a wine of high viscosity, luscious, rich, and full flavoured, and perfectly balanced by a slightly dry tannin finish. The great length of complex flavours highlight the integration of fruit character and brandy spirit esters and oils.

Nature is a very curious and amazing thing and as vineyard owners in the Central Ranges wine district of New South Wales, we are constantly surprised how well our vines can perform in stressful conditions, with little to no rain. Miracle on the Wire refers to the tiny bunches of grapes that form on our vines each year, as well as to the sighting of the Blue Wren perched up on the wires of our Zeals Vineyard, as this is usually a sign of coming rain and good fortune.The extensive vineyard is Certified Organic, and adopts natural, sustainable, farming practices to ensure vigorous growth of the grapevines. This wine is mid-weighted, displaying layers of mixed red fruits and spicy notes. The tannins are gentle and interwoven with subtle French oak characters. A vibrant wine that can be enjoyed now or cellared for up to 3-5 years.

Thistle Hill, from the New South Wales region of Mudgee, was one of the pioneers of organic winemaking and took the plunge over 40 years ago! With new winemaker Tim White at the helm, the wines have gone from strength to strength and this 2016 Preservative Free Shiraz is testimony to that. Raspberry coulis blackberries, bright cherries, dark chocolate and vanillin oak. This shiraz is fruity, exuberant and lively. Filtered / Unfined. Vegan friendly.

The Bunnamagoo Estate Cabernet Shiraz MerlotExhibiting dark chocolate, raspberry and mocha characters with a mid-palate freshness without the heavy tannic weight of traditional Mudgee. The wine is silky in texture with great persistence and it finshes with gentle vanillin oak characters. It will benefit from careful cellaring in the short to medium term.The grapes destined for the Bunnamagoo labels are sourced from the Bunnamagoo Estate, a historic property near Rockley, and from the Eurunderee vineyard not far from Mudgee.

TASTING NOTESAromatic cassis, blackberry and cherry jam follow through to an opulent bull- bodied palate with toasted Vanillan oak immersed in the layers of rich dark fruits and luscious tannins.This Wine is built to Cellar for the long term.WinemakingHandpicked Cabernet Sauvignonwas cold soaked for 10 days priorto micro-fermenting in 900L French rotating barriques by wild yeast. The Barriques were rotated 9 times per day and followed by a 10 day post-ferment maceration. The free run juice and pressings were barreled separately in new oak for 18 months. Only the finest Barriques were selectively blended.

Vibrant red purple in colour, this Cabernet Merlot delivers briary cassis fruits on the nose and deep chocolate and rich dark fruits on the palate.