Tar & Roses can not only be used to describe the wonderful Meditteranean aromas and flavours of this Heathcote winery, but also the wonderful team of Don Lewis and Narelle King! This Heathcote Sangiovese shows the classical sour cherry flavours with a balanced and integrated structure that is crying out for a antipasto plate.

Colour: Deep red with purple tints Nose: Blackberry and dark cherry aromas are matched by subtle spicy, vanilla oak Palate: A very complex palate with blackberry flavours and fine, silky tannins Style: Full bodied wine matured for 14 months in 50% French and 50% American oak barriques Serve with: Red meat, smoked or gamey meats and strong cheeses

Whenever we taste a blind Shiraz line up where this wine is featured, it's hard not to be lured into its enticing character of purity and style. Hauntingly akin to a Northern Rhone example, violets, spice, wild herb and earth wrap around a delicious core of red fruits and plum. Bravo Nick O'Leary. 'Canberra's benign 201213 growing season produced, in abundance, grape quality not seen in the much cooler, wetter 2011 and 2012 vintages. Our exciting 2013 reds include Nick O'Leary's shiraz a jaw dropper that kept judges gaping as they piled gongs on it at the 2014 Royal Brisbane Wine Show. They gave it a gold medal, then three trophies: best one-year-old red of the show (Stoddart trophy), best shiraz of the show and best red of the show. This is a significant achievement for Canberra shiraz and not just for O'Leary. It provides yet more recognition, in a hotly contested national event, of our region's distinctive style. O'Leary's highly perfumed, medium-bodied wine shows the vibrant red berry- and-spice character of cool-grown shiraz on a luscious, silky palate, cut with fi ne tannins. This is a lot of wine at a modest price.' (2013 Vintage) - 4½ Stars. - Canberra Times, 03 Sep 2014.

Grown on estate from Watkins' Langhorne Creek Vineyard, this Sangiovese is very true-to-style and is an excellent food wine. Drink young and fresh.Vibrant mid red. Bright and complex notes of blueberry, cherry, blood plum and liquorice. Medium-weight, dry and savoury with tightly-wound acidity driving the core of earthy red and black fruit, with touches of crushed leaf on the dry finish.