Bannockburn Shiraz 2017

While his friends drank beer, Stuart Hooper sipped on DRC and dreamt of building an Australian winery to emulate the great domaines of France. In 1974, he planted vines on a limestone-rich site in Geelong – an area with a history of viticulture dating back to the 1870s – and installed the trailblazing Gary Farr as winemaker. Hooper’s dream came true: for four decades Bannockburn has been one of Australia’s iconic producers, famed for low intervention wines of purity and finesse.

Made from estate fruit with 20% whole bunches and aged for 2 years in French oak. Lighter than your typical Aussie Shiraz – even Northern Rhône-esque in profile with its dense black cherry fruit laced with tapenade, coffee, and cigar-box. Svelte and satsifying.