This is Steve and Emma Raidis’ new baby – their first ever Shiraz. Steve is more than a little excited by it too, like all new dads…

A cool, choc-minty and elegant wine it is too – mid weight, svelte but still ripe and genuinely full, lifted by vanilla bean oak and fine tannins. The oak and fruit is still all-arms-and-legs, sorely in need of another 6 months in bottle to come together, though the structure is sound.

There’s something classic about the this wine actually, that choc-mint character reminding of the old Jamiesons Run McShanes Block Shiraz (just without the oak). Some may not like the mint, but it gives this a regional stamp.

Attractive, refreshing, mid-weight Coonawarra Shiraz.

Source: Sample
Tasted: June 2014
Drink: 2014-2024+
Score: 17.8/20, 92/100+
Would I buy it? I’d share a bottle. Probably more as it gets older
Buy online: Raidis website