Winemaker Notes
A complex and perfumed aroma of earthy herb and floral characters mixed with toasted spice, fresh blackberry and bramble and hints of mint. The palate starts with black and blueberry fruit and dark spice, but also shows more delicate lavender and Turkish Delight characters as the flavors develop. A linear wine, carried by the fine tannins into a lingering finish, and has great complexity- evolving and changing with time in the glass.
Professional Ratings
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2010 Magnus Shiraz sports a youthful nose of blackcurrant cordial, a little smoked meat, blueberries, some toasted cedar and yeast extract notes plus a whiff of cloves. A big wine that shows very taut and muscular at this stage, it has medium-firm, grainy tannins to structure a fantastic core of rich fruit. It finishes long. Drink it now to 2020+.
Rating: 91+
Marked by an unmistakable deep purple hue and savory aromatics, Syrah makes an intense, powerful and often age-worthy red. Native to the Northern Rhône, Syrah achieves its maximum potential in the steep village of Hermitage and plays an important component in the Red Rhône Blends of the south, adding color and structure to Grenache and Mourvèdre. Syrah is the most widely planted grape of Australia and is important in California and Washington. Sommelier Secret—Such a synergy these three create together, the Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre trio often takes on the shorthand term, “GSM.”
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