Description
"This wine is a blend of Heathcote (66%) and Harcourt (34%) Syrah. Although this is the “entry-point” red, it gets the same attention to detail as the other cuvées, and even here, it has serious intensity, good tannins and ageworthiness. About 70% whole bunches were used, and the wine matured in a range of casks (primarily large Stockinger) for the first year before resting in tank for the rest of its maturation. It was bottled in late December 2023. It’s a spicy, cool Syrah/Shiraz that will drink well young but can be aged with confidence." - Bibendum
"The 2022 Syrah No 2 is sumptuous and chewy, with a ferruginous drift of tannin across the palate. The fruit strays from mulberry to chinotto, sarsaparilla, welding metal to matcha, pastrami to sweet roasted beetroots. It is at once earthy and bloody, feral and fine, composed and neat. It's a beautiful wine, and I'm attracted to the chiaroscuro of elements; it feels primal and real." - 93 Points, Erin Larkin, Robert Parker Wine Advocate
“It feels friendly and easy drinking in its way, despite also holding a sense of inkiness and depth. Dark cherry, ripe plum, choc-liquorice with swathes of eucalyptus, dried green herb, pepperberry, lifted myrtle-like pungency – all attractive, all just so. A smooth ride, a pleasure zone red of evenness and general syrah-isms. Cool as.” - 92 Points, Mike Bennie, The Wine Front
