2006 WOMS

64% Shiraz, 36% Cabernet Sauvignon.

Shiraz fruit sourced from the Kaesler vineyard planted in 1961 and the Cabernet vineyard planted in 1985. Matured in French oak for 18 months.

Black cherries, vanilla, some saddle leather characters on the palate. This is the third release of the WOMS - Weapon of Mass Seduction. The first vintage we made was in 2002, 2004 and now the release of the 2006 - and judging by Reid's advice to staff to grab some of this wine before it all goes, probably one of his best.

Cellar 10 years.

2006 Bogan Shiraz

A major proportion of the fruit to make this wine, comes from our vineyard near Marananga, approximately 10 kms south west of the winery. Here we have a block of Shiraz planted in 1899.

The nose is generous, with plums, blueberry and cola. The oak shows quite spicy with a bit of mocha and chocolate on the back palate.Full bodied and powerful, blackberries and cassis. Structure is plump with a good lengthy aftertaste.

The Bogan is designed to highlight the unmistakeable synergy between Barossa Shiraz and good quality American oak. This is very much the new Australian style.

2006 Old Bastard

Single vineyard wine made from fruit sourced from our 1893 block of Shiraz, yielding less than 2 tonne to the acre, hand pruned and picked.

The rainfall during the growing season wasn’t that huge but it fell at the right time. It’s a pleasure to write about harvest 2006, things were normal then. Budburst was reliable, the crop set, we all had Christmas, then we came back to work, prepared for the ensuing vintage then made some nice wine during an orderly harvest.

Once opened, and when it’s young, this wine exhibits soy sauce, vegemite, mandarin rind and flowers. After a few hours with air, and more suggestive of its future, it leans slowly towards dark chocolate embedded with black ripe yet still sour cherries. After 5 hours or more, small berried fruit, black and red start streaming though, vanilla lift adds a nice topping and ethereal afterglow.

2004 Reid's Rasp

2006 Reid's Rasp