Single vineyard Barossa Valley Graciano - not exactly common, but this bottle makes you think perhaps it should be! The Drop Zone example is aged in a mix of different oak types to highlight various spices and add a layer of richness to the mulberry and black plum fruit. A top note of violet adds prettiness to the chocolate and liquorice flavours. Exotic and enjoyable.

Drop Zone is a relatively new wine label that focusses on a handful of premium wine regions across South Australia and selects the best varieties for each region, to produce a range of dynamic yet archetypal wines that showcase the very best of the state. From the Barossa Valley to McLaren Vale and on to Langhorne Creek, this is a collection of wines that showcase power and poise, richness as well as freshness. Modern South Australian wine for everyone. The wines are made by the same team that produce the great value Step by Step range, and they show a similar mixture of fruit richness and clean freshness. There is a good deal of oak used in the reds, but it is well balanced by the inherent fruit richness. In this way the wines are quite traditional, but there's always a line of acidity running through them to balance things out. As the name suggests, these wines are very much in the zone!