The Pettigala Shiraz comes from the highest Shiraz vineyard here on the Coriole estate - a 1967 planting on our contour hill. Each row is planted on a small terrace which makes mechanisation of the block impossible - everything is done by hand. The vineyard is quite low yielding at 2 to 3 tonnes per acre, and is typically the most fragrant, spicy and perfumed out of the Coriole estate shiraz blocks. The name "Pettigala" comes from the Pettigala area in Sri Lanka, home to tea production and spice farming. When this wine showed its characters, we had to name it as our own "spice mountain".

"Deep colour. Intense coco-berry aromas with marzipan notes. Well concentrated and smooth with ample dark berry dark chocolate flavours, fine bittersweet textures and well integrated acidity. Finishes minerally with graphite notes. Attractive minerally wine with some ferruginous notes. 94 points"
Andrew Caillard MW, The Vintage Journal

"Deep red colour with strong purple tints; the bouquet is chocolaty, with cocoa-powder and traces of mocha, the palate full bodied and fleshy, concentrated and dense with lashings of supple tannins. A biggie but already drinks well thanks to its balance and friendly texture. 92 points"
Huon Hooke, The Real Review