Awards: DOUBLE GOLD AUSSIE RED Double Gold Medal: Finger Lake International Wine Competition Gold Medal: Hong Kong Wine Challenge Gold Medal: NZIWS 4.5 stars & Top in Category: Winestate Magazine Opaque black dark red colour with deep dark red black hue. Aromas of blackberry, dark plum, chocolate and confectionary. Good palate weight with ripe generous flavours of dark plum, blackberry and dark chocolate with a spicy back palate. Good length. Fine grained tannins with aftertaste of dark plum, chocolate and spice. Winemaker John Quarisa has over 24 years experience and along the way has been awarded some of the industries highest accolades including both the Jimmy Watson and Stoddart Trophies. He honed his skills for producing full flavoured exceptional value wines at Cassella wines (the producers of hugely successful Yellow Tail wines) and has since moved on to create his own label. A word to the wise, don't be alarmed by the words 'Petite Sirah' it's just another name for the grape variety 'Durif ' which maes full flavoured big wines which just makes this an even more AUSSIE than plain jane shiraz.