Winemaker Notes
A vibrant, medium-bodied Heathcote Shiraz with a luscious bed of dark berries, balanced by savory, earthy minerality and subtle, fine-grained tannins.
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
Quite a light, fresh style here. The bright, red and dark-berry aromas and flavors are impressive. Sweet oak spice and a smooth-honed, fleshy feel to the palate, making for easygoing, flavorsome and appealing style.
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Wine Spectator
Delivers intriguing notes of chicory, mocha and sandalwood that add an aromatic edge to the maraschino cherry and raspberry flavors. Offers a juicy frame, with spice notes and a hint of cedar lingering on the finish. Drink now through 2036.
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Wine Enthusiast
This starts out lucidly but rather densely, with aromas of terra cotta, pepper, savory spice and chocolate framing ripe cassis and blueberry fruit. Medium weight, the plump fruit is tempered by dusty, savory tannins and some intriguing secondary flavors. It's on the warm side, alcohol-wise. Captures the concentration and power but also the freshness of Heathcote.
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.