Winemaker Notes
Professional Ratings
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Wine Spectator
Laced with mouthwatering acidity, this has a lean, focused core of ripe plum and spice flavors. Mineral notes weave through the floral finish. Has presence and precision.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Medium to deep garnet-purple colored, the 2010 Siren Shiraz is intensely scented of warm blackberries, cassis and anise with hints of toast, black pepper and salami. This medium-bodied Shiraz packs the flavor into an elegant package, with a medium level of grainy tannins and refreshing acid to support, finishing long and peppery.
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Wine & Spirits
A former chef, Adam Foster apprenticed with a number of syrah producers, including Ron Laughton at Jasper Hill and Stéphane Ogier in the Rhône before starting his own venture in Heathcote in 2004. He ferments without added yeast and with some whole clusters, creating a frisky, floral, meaty syrah with plenty of tension and verve to balance the heady richness. It’s lush and juicy, an approachable Heathcote shiraz for lamb.
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.”
Historically some of Australia’s most lucrative gold country, today Heathcote maintains its esteemed reputation as a source of country’s best red wines. The rolling countryside of ancient reddish brown soils bordered by mountain ranges that funnel cool air into the region during the growing season create some of Australia’s most deeply-hued and impressively layered Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon wines.