2019 McLaren Vale Syrah
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“This is the first wine we made,” says Toby Bekkers. “We built it around a style vision.” The 2019 Syrah leads with peppered deli meat, cloves, pink peppercorn, blackberry, mulberry, raspberry coulis and Szechuan peppercorn on the nose. In the mouth, the flavors are incredibly densely packed, but it is not heavy. In terms of balance and finesse, this has that in spades too. Very impressive. Elegance 101.
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Richard Hemming MW, jancisrobinson.com
James Suckling
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27% whole-bunch fermented. Aged for 18 months in French oak puncheons (51% new). Much more savoury and restrained than the McLaren Vale norm, with fennel and dark chocolate giving a bitter complexity to the palate. Balanced and savoury with no obvious oak influence. Soft tannins with moderate acid. Perhaps there's a bit of reduction keeping this more introverted than usual? (RH)
Assertive oak frames the bright red-plum and dark-berry flavors nicely. Thereâs attractive intensity with ripe red-plum and blackberry aromas and flavors, delivered with length, power and poise. Impressively defined, long and resolved. Try from 2024. Screw cap.