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Viticultural & vinification notes		Winemakers comments
Vintage conditions	A slightly warmer than usual vintage with a very dry spring and harvest starting a week early..	Colour   Nose     Palate	Red with a red/purple hue.   An attractive aroma of raspberry, cherry, truffle and red fruits with slight coffee, cracked pepper and eucalypt notes.   Medium to full bodied with rich red fruits, cherry cola and forest floor flavours combining with hints of black olive and fresh herb. The palate is soft with fine grain tannin, a long slightly chalky finish and an intense cherry aftertaste.
Vineyard	Three Hills Hand pruned to rods Hand picked
Grape variety	Grenache 61% Shiraz 31% and Mataro 8%
Maturation	Small French oak for 12 months followed by 6 months in bottle under cork.
Wine analysis	Alc/Vol:           14.5% Acidity:            6.4g/l pH:                  3.61 Residual sugar:<0.1g/l

These are three great red varieties that hail from the Rhone between Avignon and Macon. They all ripen very late in the season and each grape can make a varietal wine that will stand alone.

Grenache is light in character with a pronounced aromatic of raspberries and a soft finish.

Mataro is very late ripening. It is sometimes called Mourvedre and in other parts Morrastell. It too can be aromatic and generous in constitution.

Shiraz needs no introduction to Australians except that one should remember that it is a chameleon that is capable of many expressions.

The decision to blend these grapes is not really a question of improving one with the other but of creating a new taste experience that is independent of the individual components. A small amount of Grenache and Mataro can quite dramatically change the profile of a Shiraz and vice versa.

Consumers have become aware of the blend of the three and the blend is possibly better accepted by some drinkers than the stand alone components.

Our GSM is a different to anything that you might have tasted under this designation before because of the place it is grown. Our Grenache expresses vibrant raspberry flavours, excellent colour and good depth. It is easily a stand alone proposition but on the lighter side. The addition of Shiraz and Mataro stiffens the argument.

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