Description
Cooler climate growing regions like the Yarra Valley are heralding an elegant style of Syrah (Shiraz) and our elevated, welldrained site, coupled with two Victorian heritage clones (Tabilk R6WV28, Bests Old Clone) create a graceful yet powerful wine. Our fruit was gently picked mid-March before being separated into whole berry or whole bunch ferments. It was then racked to puncheons (25% new) for maturation. Lifted aromatics of spice with red and black fruit leads to a savoury palate highlighting intense cherry, blackberry and plums. Some hints of leather and tobacco coming from the new oak while finishing with fine grained tannins and good length." - Winemaker Notes
"This wine starts of tight, savoury and spicy but it unfurls beautifully in the glass is pretty much a class act from start to finish. Nuts, white pepper, succulent red cherries and even plums. There’s a fragrant, lively, herbal/bunchy side, and a smoky/reductive aspect with it, the finish then dry, spicy and sinewy. It’s very good." - 93+ Points, Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front
