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Salted plum, dark chocolate, and raisins brooding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDark berries, cherries, and cinnamon espresso tones on the palate, a fine tannin structure and persistent length.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSourced from a single block of 26-year-old Shiraz at Dixons Creek, the fruit was hand-harvested, de-stemmed and chilled before being crushed into open-top vats for fermentation on skins. Left on skins for 21 days. Pressed off into French barrique. 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