First made in 1997, Katnook Estate Prodigy Shiraz typically shows intense raspberry and plum aromas, generous pure-fruit flavours, underlying liquorice spice with finely grained tannins and plenty of flavour length. The wine comprises select parcels of the best fruit from the estate’s 26 hectares of mature Shiraz vineyards anchored in classic terra rossa soils over limestone and transitional dark clays. The wine is small-batch vinified in open fermenters, basket pressed and then matured in new (up to 100%) French and American oak barriques for around 24 to 28 months. Varietal definition and regional expression is captured through detailed vineyard practices, meticulous selection of fruit, intuitive oak maturation and blending.