Label reads: Estd 1877 McWilliam's Mount Pleasant Philip Hermitage 1966 As far as can be determined, the Hermitage grape originally came from Persia and it is now one of the main red grape varieties grown in the Rhone Valley in France where it is known as the "Petite Syrah" It is also grown extensively throughout Australia where it is renowned for the high quality of the wine which it produces in the Pokolbin district of the Hunter Valley This wine produced from Hermitage grown on the heavy volcanic loam on the slopes of Mount Pleasant, is a full bodied robust dry red which should continue to age and improve for many years. It spent a proportion of its wood ageing in 65 gallon oak hogsheads before being bottled in Feburay 1968 From the House of McWilliam made at our Pokolbin Cellars, a fine vintage wine from the Hunter Valley district of Australia McWilliam's Wines Pty. Ltd. - Nett 1 PT. 6 FL.OZS."

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