We wanted to do something different with our Grenache, Shiraz blend. Being of Italian heritage, adding Sagrantino seemed like a no-brainer and we hadn't heard of a GSS blend before. When blended together, though, these opposites provide a great foil for each other, creating a complex and intriguing wine. The perfect entertainment and food wine for any occasion.

AWARDS:

• 95 points  - Sam Kim

"Gorgeously ripe and tremendously expressive, the wine shows sweet plum, spiced cherry, vanilla, white pepper and cedar characters on the nose, followed by a wonderfully weighted palate that’s plump and silky. It’s richly composed and styled, offering terrific drinking. At its best: now to 2030. At its best: now to 2032."

• 95 points - Angus Hughson

"It's an unusual blend, but it absolutely sings thanks to a combination of plush fruit from grenache and shiraz with a rustic flair for sagrantino. The wine is deeply coloured and flavoured with expressive fruits –  blackberry, baked earth and dark cherries, all well integrated with sweet oak. The palate is then full-bodied and power-packed; luscious fruit kept in check by leathery complexity and a slight acid kick before a long and supple finish. Great drink now and over the next five years or so."

• 93 Points - Ned Goodwin

"Grenache, shiraz, sagrantino. This is good. Taking advantage of the arsenal of tannin) imparted by the smidgeon of sagrantino (6%) in the blend) raspberry bon-bon, root spice, violet and briar are fuelled by a core of 62% grenache, the rest shiraz. The extraction is
perfect, facilitating a pulpy flow; the reductive handling is just right, imbuing tension. Very good drinking attests to a fine evolution of the style."

• 92 points - Campbell Mattinson
• 92 points - Tony Love
• 91 points - Nick Stock