[SOLD-OUT] Syrahmi Demi Shiraz 2016

Wine Front 94 points!


“This is Heathcote shiraz (nee syrah!) from two vineyards, Greenstone and Shelmerdine, indeed two ‘name in lights’ sites. About 75% whole bunch ferment. A mix of ceramic eggs and old oak barrels for maturation. Adam Foster did his early wine training amongst some of the greats of the Rhone Valley, reflected in his maturation and bottle ageing of some of his wines – I like this for the opposite, his take on a more early drinking style, though with all the finesse/fruit verity of loftier wines.

Compelling wine speaks loudly of fruit character, an elegant rendition of shiraz. Wonderful perfume shows red berries, briar, new leather, wet slate. There’s mineral-like veins through the brooding, darker fruit flavours, a good shake of clove/cinnamon spice, lick of fennel/salty liquorice, speckled with herbs. Svelte, though there’s a firm web of tannin that builds to a savoury pucker. Awesome!”

Mike Bennie, Wine Front, July 2017

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"Deep dark crimson in colour with bright red hue. Intense perfume of lifted wild raspberries, black olives, soy and turned earth. Think red licorice and crushed black cherries. The palate shows the best of Heathcote. Savoury dried herbs and spice, graphite and tapenade again, with very fine tannin coming from the 75% whole bunches during ferment, balanced red fruits leading though a long savoury finish. Showing more finesse than the previous 2015 Demi, it’s all about weight and elegance meeting fruit and tannin. The natural acidity keeps the wine fresh and alive."



Syrahmi

  Vegan-friendly  

Country:

Australia

Region:

VIC- Heathcote

Variety:

Wine Red - Shiraz

Size:

750mL