Excellent weather late April/May allowed us to leave the Syrah fruit on the vine till the phenolics were fully ripe. The cool vintage and ripe phenolics have given the wine an harmonius structure and elegant varietal fruit somewhat in the style of Côte Rotie. The wine has an intense, pure hue and a nose of delicate but pervasive sweet flowers, raspberries, gentle fruit cake aromas - even savoury notes - with a hint of pepper. It has a softly rounded palate - flowers, raspberry, juicy Black Doris and a hint of white pepper - delicate but rich with seamless tannins and a savoury and pretty red-berry after-taste. |
