2015 Clonakilla Syrah

From the early ripening top half of the estate TandL Block, 100% whole berries, wild-fermented, 1 month on skins, matured for 22 months in French puncheons. Full crimson-purple hue; this has everything a medium-bodied shiraz grown in the right climate should have under the baton of a master winemaker. Black cherry is the dominant flavour, but is flanked on either side by red cherry and blackberry. The palate is silky and supple on the journey until the end, when decorous tannins and French oak add their voices.

James Halliday

Published 30 June 2021