The new addition to the stable! Rusden started in 1996 and by 2001 I had worked out that our best patch of Shiraz was the Top Block, where our oldest Shiraz vines are grown. After working several vintages at Rockford, Torbreck and in Mexico, using the best French oak available, I was finally able to get access to these special barrels which I have used to store and mature the best of our Shiraz. The Sandscrub has been aged in these barrels for 4 years before being bottled unfined and unfiltered, then bottle-aged for a further 4 years before release.

Because of its rarity (only 40 dozen bottled), we've put it in its own individual package, complete with a history on the district, the soil, the vines and the method.