The Cote Rotie Brune et Blonde offers up lots of Christmas fruitcake, tapenade, black currant, forest floor, incense and camphor characteristics.

The trailblazers of the Adelaide Hills have created another outstanding wine. A superb expression of modern cool-climate Shiraz; Shaw & Smith is elegantly spicy and brimming with supple red-fruit flavours matched by fine tannins. An absolute ripper.

Colour Natural deep-dark plum. Aroma Sun-warmed, black-skinned plums, crushed blackberry with neatly seasoned support from fine French oak. Palate Excellent shiraz styling with a sense of purity – comfortable, generous flavours that reflect the introductory summer fruit and berry aromas without being over-ridden by oak or heavy-handed winemaking. Beautifully balanced and even, deliciously long and satisfying.

The two vineyards that produce the Radford Dale's Flagship Syrah are both planted on granite & clay Koffee Klip soils on the Helderberg slopes; one with 360 degree views over Table Bay (West Coast), False Bay (South Coast) and the backdrop of the jagged Helderberg peaks, the other facing directly over False Bay to the South & South East. Because of the hilly terrain these vineyards are planted on various aspects, but mostly South and South-east facing slopes. Because of the topography of the area, these vines are quite exposed to the cooling South easterly winds during the summer and this brings cool air in from over False Bay that moderates daytime temperatures.