Five years down the track, and having survived a mauling by a flock of errant sheep, we finally received our first crop of Aglianico in 2014. “Great work guys!” I hear you say; but who or what is Aglianico? Over the years we have been on the hunt for another red varietal that could match the quality of Mataro, Grenache and Shiraz …

The 2015 Vintage began like a little league footy match – enthusiastic, aggressive, frenetic and congested. In similar fashion, the initial chaos petered out and things settled down perfectly to the point where at times I felt like the kid in the back line sitting on the ground making sandcastles out of the dirt in the goal square. The Shiraz …