Cape Jaffa La Lune Shiraz 2019

From the team’s estate vineyard at Mt Benson, specifically Block 6, this already has considerable time under its belt before release, always a welcome concept. A slow ferment on skins before a year and a half maturing in a mix of new and older French oak. Under Diam. The colour here is a dark blood red. The nose gives us notes of Kirsch, plums, blackcurrants, root vegetables, tobacco leaves, dried herbs, coffee grounds and smoked meats. There is real intensity here, running the full length, but the wine is finely balanced. It finishes with abundant, fine-grained tannins. Excellent persistence, this will provide enormous pleasure for the next ten or fifteen years.