Description
"In late 2023, Toby and Emmauelle Bekkers invited me and a small group of McLaren Vale winemakers for a casual benchtop tasting. We looked at Syrah, Grenache and Cabernet wines newly made from their Clarendon Vineyard Estate. The tasting sheet indicated there was a small parcel of Shiraz grapes available from the 2024 vintage for a long-term agreement. The red wine made from the top block located on pure schist with a thin topsoil, tasted breathtaking. Fragrant, elegant, linear, yet packed with flavour and tension. Result of a cool, elevated, and terraced vineyard in a warm region. I knew I had found the missing part for my ambitious rosé project! Now making Australia’s first collectable rose that can be cellared for 8-10 years feels closer and closer! And trust me, it makes a hell of a red too: Bekkers Clarendon Syrah." - Winemaker Notes
“Aromas of citrus oil, herbs de Provence, salted nuts, rose petals, cheese rind and orange rind. The palate is textural and refined, with excellent density, fine phenolics, fine acidity and a saline drive. Made with 8% perpetual reserve wine and aged for 18 months in barrels. This is unlike what anyone else is doing in Australia. Not for everyone, but it’s great and very serious. Drink or hold." - 95 Points, Ryan Montgomery, JamesSuckling.com
