The Nugan Estate Single Vineyard Collection is a label dedicated to showcasing the best signature varietals from Australia’s finest wine growing regions. It’s otherwise known as the “Regional Hero” concept. The winemaking team at Nugan Estate work hard to craft each wine so it reflects its unique varietal and regional characteristics. Perched in the foothills of the Mount Lofty Ranges, above the township of Kangarilla, McLaren Parish Vineyard with its sandy duplex soils and sclerophyll woodland surroundings, produces deeply colored fruit with thick skins. The site’s higher altitude and cooler conditions, enable a longer ripening period, resulting in wines of persistence, elegance, and poise. While McLaren Vale is already well known for making some of the world’s best Shiraz, there are pockets within it that are extra special. This is truly a remarkable site, as is evidenced in this wine.