Lafarge 'Clos des Chenes' 1er Cru 2017A royal purple colour. The fruit intensity on the nose outstrips all the others. What a perfect pitch of ripeness! I keep going back to smell it again. Waves of fruit wash over the palate, raspberry, a few perfectly ripe cherries, superbly nuanced as well as the intensity. Finally, a finish in perfect harmony.

Shaun and Gilles

clean acidity and cult-status balance locally

As the HH team say themselves

“It’s not just that these are the best value wine in the country

This is benchmark Cornas

"This is as fine as they come

Blue and black fruit

first produced at Mount Mary in 1987

with the Cabernet Sauvignon coming from an old vine super-premium McLaren Vale parcel

34% Cabernet Sauvignon and 9% Cabernet Franc is a great example of Coonawarra wine

yet it remains precise and vertical

savoury and finely structured