For all the Rhône Valley comparisons that the Torbreck wines have drawn over the years, it is The Celts that best represents this style. With a beautifully youthful hue, The Celts offers a glorious perfume of kirsch, tobacco, pipe smoke and asphalt. Its rich, round palate expresses the more savoury face of shiraz with hints of minerals, slate and bacon fat; all of which are neatly cloaked within its fine supple tannins. "I make this wine with my two sons, Callum and Owen, both of whom are of Celtic origins. I planted this small plot of Shiraz vines next to our cellar door in 1994 - the same year my eldest was born. Between us, we tend the vineyard, pick the fruit and vinify the wine, then age it for 24 months in new French oak." David Powell