The Shiraz fruits for this wine come from Sandra’s block, located at the southern end of McLaren Vale near the seaside town of Willunga. The soil and geology of this block differ slightly with less black Biscay clay and more alluvial Christies Beach formation. This soil type contains rocky fragments that have been sheared off the nearby hills and deposited in this soil millions of years ago.It is free draining, resulting in less vigor over spring and more content vines in the ripening period. This leads to a brighter wine style with signature Mitolo Shiraz softness. Angela is lifted with pure, ripe berry flavors at the forefront and subtle oak, allowing the fruit flavors to shine. The wine was kept in a combination of new (10%) and one and two year old barrels, mainly of French origin, for 18 months before being blended and bottled. Deep ruby. The nose is ripe and complex bouquet of black plum, violet, cedar, cocoa and dried herbs. The palate is awash with ripe plum fruit, it is framed by savoury notes of cedar, earth and ground coffee. Powerful and concentrated, the flavours integrate seamlessly with the fine-grained tannins and bright acidity. RP: 93Pts; W&S: 93Pts