Vignerons Schmolzer & Brown 'Thorley' Syrah 2021
A fantastic example of cool climate Shiraz, exhibiting an array of flavours you may expect from the style. This has impressive depth to it: a generous core of red and black fruit, aided by flavours of jamon and coppa, before a cloak of fine spice passes over the wine. Black pepper, a Mencia-like meatiness and a bite of fine tannin to close. – Ches Cook, FWC.
"An elegant, cool-climate syrah - for once, you might agree with the winemaker's preference for the term syrah over shiraz, and what it means in the glass. The latter maintains a lively, enduring spiciness and charm. Here's a vintage that offers a wealth of the region's pepper and spice style with ripe, dark plums, black cherry fruits, toasty oak and an intriguing whisper of savoury, smoked meats. Rolls across the tongue aided by fine-cut tannins. Depth and grace." - 96 points, Jeni Port (Halliday Wine Companion).