Shadrach

For Shadrach, they blend Coonawarra fruit with their own material from the Barossa to build up the pungent minty, green-leaf characters that they regard as essential in super-premium Cabernet. In this case the blend is 81 percent Coonawarra and 19 percent Barossa, principally from their own Cameron Vale Vineyard. This represents a higher percentage of Coonawarra material than used in previous and subsequent Shadrach blends. The Grant Burge Shadrach is a subtle, elegant red wine which also shows an abundance of minty, berrylike flavour married with good oak that is already well integrated and in no way dominates the fruit.The palate shows exceptional length and structure which ensure that the wine is both drinking well on release and has the potential to benefit from long-term cellaring. This wine will build in complexity for at least 15 years.