Vanguardist Syrah 2024

Graphite and mineral texture with saltbush, caper berry and intricate stylings. If traditional Barossa is convex this is concave, more chiselled in the mid palate and outward looking. A very successful wine for me, elegance achieved with great drinkability. Mitch Milicich, FWC 

From Ebenezer, planted to sandy clay loam with fragmented ironstone over limestone. This sits no more than medium in weight, sketched in charcoal and pencil rather than splashed with colour. There’s fruit intensity, concentration, but like other wines of the stable, spice and savouriness and structure are the guiding principles... Tannins, as always, are detailed, carefully extracted, compellingly instructive, leading to the table." 96pts, Marcus Ellis, Halliday Wine Companion 

Blackberry, raspberry, lots of dusty spices, terracotta, orange peel, a coffee ground earthiness, violet. It’s medium-bodied, quite firm, a juiciness and freshness to acidity, a firm grain to tannin, cherry with an earthy character, some orange peel and floral mouth-perfume, finish has a boysenberry crispness, sappiness and excellent length. Engaging wine. Different. There’s so many layers to it. 

95+pts, Gary Walsh The Wine Front