Production:
Picked March 2005,
Single vineyard wine.
2.0 tonne to the acre

Colour:
Dense saturated purple color

Nose:
Penetrating aromas with blackberry,strawberry, black cherry, and French oak-scented bouquet. The fruit is offset by fresh acid and further complemented by the mouth feel.

Palate:
This medium-weight wine has a firm consistency, a tight structure and a harmonious, agreeable complexity. There is a gorgeous purity, a heady, southern Rhone-like peppery herbal spiciness. It has smooth, unobtrusive tannins and a long savoury finish and perfect balance.

Fermented in open fermenters as separate parcels of fruit, each wine was transferred to 100% mature French oak hogshead and aged for 12 months before bottling.

Unfiltered, unfined. A pure expression of the small, hillside vineyard on the edge of the Barossa Valley.

AWARDS:
San Francisco International Wine Competition - SILVER MEDAL
Riverside International Wine Competition - BRONZE MEDAL

Background:
As a child I was inextricably linked to the Barossa. I have always taken great comfort from this subtle connection, no matter where in the world I called home. It has long been a wish of mine to share the place I was born with others. Now with this wine I finally can. Angela’s Wish is a 60% Cabernet Sauvignon 40% Shiraz blend, the varietal combination being one of the great partnerships of all time. Barossa Cabernet and Barossa Shiraz are made for each other, just as this wine has been made for you.

Production:
Cabernet Sauvignon picked March 30th, 2002,
Shiraz picked March 6th 2002.

Colour:
Deep dense red with hints of purple lingering around the meniscus.

Nose:
Upfront Cassis and blackberry over leathery red currants. Initial vanilla oak blends back and is filled out with the complexity of the spicy French giving a beautifully balanced nose.

Palate:
The initial richness of the full berry characters are finely balanced against firm oak and fruit tannins. Good acid balance cleanses the mouth beautifully; the middle palate is big berry hit of Cabernet filled out by the leathery rich of Shiraz, finished with dark bass yeast.

Awards:
Riverside International Wine Competition - GOLD MEDAL
Lone Star International Wine Competition - SILVER MEDAL
San Francisco International Wine Competition - BRONZE MEDAL

Production:
Picked March 2004,
Single vineyard wine.
2.5 tonne to the acre

Colour:
Dense saturated purple color lingering around the meniscus

Nose:
Penetrating aromas with big, sweet, blackberry, cherry, camphor, and French oak-scented bouquet

Palate:
There is a terrific purity, dense and sweet, a multilayered texture, and an opulent, heady, long finish

15% in new American oak, 85% mature French oak for 17 months, and one year in the bottle before release.

Unfiltered, unfined. A pure expression of the small, hillside vineyard on the edge of the Barossa Valley

Awards:
San Francisco International Wine Competition SILVER MEDAL

Production:
Picked March 6 2001.
Single vineyard wine.
6.6 tonne picked @ 2.49 tonne to the acre

Colour:
Deep red with hints of purple lingering around the meniscus.

Nose:
Upfront plum in a spicebox complexity Earthy mushroom notes with deep tarry hints round out a pretty complex nose

Palate:
Initial upfront plum and dark chocolate linger through to a spicy finegrained finish. The balance of the tannins with the fruit is both generous and restrained. Terrific cellaring potential, but great to drink now.

Two years in French Oak and three years in the bottle before release

Awards:
Silver Medal San Francisco International Wine Competition

Production:
Picked March 30 2001.
Single vineyard wine.
9.6 tonne picked @3 tonne to the acre

Colour:
Bright, yet deep berry red. Hints of brick on the meniscus reflecting its 4+ years of age.

Nose:
Beautiful blackberry over chocolate. New American oak vanilla complexity fills out the berry fruit for a harmonious nose.

Palate:
Big opulent spicy berry fruit upfront. Middle palate fills with plummy richness which the American oak supports. Great length and density filled with smoky yeast complexity finishes with subtle soft fruit sweetness.

Two years in American Oak, and three years in the bottle before release.

Awards:
San Diego International Wine Competition - SILVER MEDAL
Lone Star International Wine Competition - BRONZE MEDAL