Winemaker Notes
Medium bodied with crimson with purple hues. Bright nose of berry and spice. A wonderful structured palate and a long satisfying finish.
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Wine & Spirits
Joch Bosworth and Louise HemsleySmith farm their vineyards in the eastern hills of McLaren Vale under organics, producing wines like this weird and wonderful shiraz. It presents a completely savory style, beautifully vegetal rather than fruit-driven. Half of the wine ferments in old oak barrels, the rest in stainless steel, creating a bright, lithe shiraz with an earthy plum and cassis undertone, smoky, spicy and pleasingly bitter.
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James Suckling
Some rich red and dark berries here in a very fleshy style with supple, drinkable tannins and a vibrant, sleek run of fresh dark-fruit flavors.
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.”
Known for opulent red wines with intense power and concentration, McLaren Vale is home to perhaps the most “classic” style of Australian Shiraz. Vinified on its own or in Rhône Blends, these hot-climate wines are deeply colored and high in extract with signature hints of dark chocolate and licorice. Cabernet Sauvignon is also produced in a similar style.
Whites, often made from Chardonnay or Sauvignon Blanc tend to be opulent and full of tropical, stone and citrus fruit.