Deep red and purple coloured. Ripe jammy plum and cherry on the nose with seasoned oak influence. On the palate the wine is full bodied and concentrated. The 2020 is rich and juicy with firm tannin and a full oak flavour. The wine has a medium long finish of ripe red fruits with a soft, oaky and dry finish.

Karl’s Scepter was the nickname given by the cellar hands to the hand plunger used to mix red grapes during fermentation. Hand plunging is tough work, so when a young winemaker named Karl made the cellar hands plunge his ferments twice as often as all the rest, he became rather unpopular. ? However, the 2011 vintage was cool and wet, which led to many thin and light red wines. But not Karl’s wines. His wines shone, all because of his pig-headed overuse of 'Karl’s Scepter.' ? Our wines continue to be made in this same manner. By working the grapes harder during fermentation we are able to extract additional colour and character which results in a more deeply flavoured and rich wine.