Coming from the original 1867 plantings and casting a very deep garnet-purple color, the 2008 Great Western Thomson Family Shiraz offers a complex array of fragrant floral, earth and berry aromas, with notes of black cherries, mulberries and blueberries over violets, red roses, cinnamon stick, allspice and ground ginger plus whiffs of black truffles and underbrush. Medium to full bodied and very concentrated, the palate is led by a taut structure of firm, tight-grained tannins and crisp acid with layers of flavors going long into the very persistent finish. Consider drinking this monumental effort 2013 to 2025+. No known USA importer.

With a very deep purple-black color, the 2006 Great Western Thomson Family Shiraz gives a whole array of complex aromas: warm plum, kirsch, blackberry conserve, dried rose petals, black pepper, loam, underbrush, tobacco, smoky bacon, mocha and girolles. With so much happening on the nose, the palate is surprisingly elegant with medium to full body, medium-high acid and a medium to high level of finely grained tannins. Exquisitely balanced, this wine has a very long finish. Beginning to drink well now, it should cellar until 2025+.No known USA importer.