Silky, curvaceous with a detailed and persistent length, this Levantine Hill Estate Syrah is a mightily impressive wine.
Handpicked and hand-sorted, it sees a variety of smaller and larger formats for nineteen months (12% new).
There is no shirking the layers of interest. It opens with macerated cherries, blueberries, blackberries and cherry cola with char, twigs, orange peel, a drop or two of negroni and dried thyme adding savoury pleasure. Woodsy spices are pinned to the frame before a sustained length clutches at your soul. Powdery and chalky tannins have the last word and add more to ponder. Delightful, considered and wonderfully moreish, I'll have another glass thanks!
Drink to ten years+
93/100
Region: Yarra Valley