Such a seductive wine! Glowing in the glass, it offers a nose of sweet red candy, some raspberry leaf, blackberry compote, a touch of orange peel and white pepper! So complex; fresh though rich. Similar fruits appear on the palate, in a medium-bodied frame, with a soft, round finish. Succulent and fresh despite the richness.

Jason Schwarz was doomed to be a winemaker from the start of his childhood. Ensconced in the vineyards of South Australia, in particular Bethany in the Barossa Valley, his parents had provided a suitable environment from the very beginning. After finishing his winemaking degree, he set off to see the world and completed vintages in France, the USA and Argentina, before returning home and starting his own label in 2001. Starting off with only two barrels of Barossa Shiraz in the first year, he followed this with a similar amount of Grenache the next year. He still makes Shiraz and Grenache every year, and they remain a fixture in his offerings. With great fruit sources from the start and a heap of guidance from key Barossa winemaking and grape-growing icons, Schwarz deliberately tries to show off the fruit's quality with minimal intervention.