Winemaker Notes
A perfect accompaniment to lamb and beef.
Blend: 100% Shiraz
Professional Ratings
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
A very Rhônish nose of black olives and espresso emerges from the 2017 Lady's Lane Vineyard Heathcote Shiraz. It's medium to full-bodied, supple and smooth on the palate, yet without much overt fruitiness on the way to a silky, long-lasting finish that echoes with coffee and dark chocolate notes.
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.