Origin: McLaren Vale, South Australia, Australia
Grapes: Shiraz

Coming from the upper Tintara which is a higher elevation, this Shiraz is has a lightness and fresh natural acidity not seen in McLaren Vale Shiraz. Generous black fruits with savoury, fragrant black pepper. The palate exhibits rich, elegant, dark fruits. Spicy and luscious, finishing dry with pepper and abundant tannin.

Ox Hardy range of wines represent a rare and precious combination of people, vineyard, history and winemaking provenance. Andrew ‘Ox’ Hardy is one of Australia’s most respected winemakers. His family’s Upper Tintara Vineyard is one of Australia’s most important viticultural assets. A fifth generation winemaker, Andrew is the great-great grandson of Thomas Hardy, the ‘Father of the South Australian Wine Industry’. The Vineyard’s last remaining 2.54ha block of 1891 Ancestor Vines, planted by Thomas Hardy himself, are some of Australia’s oldest and most valuable.

The combination of the two has now lead to the release of wines already steeped in history. It is Andrew’s library of wines made from the family’s vineyard over the past two decades, but cellared and hidden from the public until the first release in 2019, that now demonstrates the quality and age-worthiness of these special releases.