What's Included
2 x Estate Syrah 2017
1 x Estate Syrah 2018
2 x Estate Merlot 2017
1 x Estate Merlot 2018
Tasting Notes
The 2017 Estate Syrah offers perfume notes of mulberries and toasty oak. On the palate flavours of red berries and savoury spice integrate with oak characteristics.
The 2018 Estate Syrah offers perfume notes of lifted spices and blueberries. On the palate, red berries integrate beautifully with mixed spice.
The 2017 Estate Merlot displays aromatics of crushed autumn leaves and cherries. The structured palate offers balanced flavours of savoury black olive, mulberries and integrated toasty oak.
The 2018 Estate Merlot displays aromatics of plum and spicy oak. The palate offers balanced flavours of red plums, savoury black olive and warm spiced oak.
Vinification
The Estate Syrah shiraz grapes are handpicked, de-stemmed and crushed into open-top fermenters. The wine is then gently pressed and matured in French oak barriques for 18 months.
The Estate Merlot grapes are handpicked, de-stemmed and crushed into open-top fermenters. The wine is then gently pressed and matured in French oak barriques for 18 months.
Vintage
The 2017 Estate Syrah vintage brought stable and pleasant conditions across the vineyard allowing for perfect budburst and fruit set. This parcel of Shiraz grapes was harvested on the 4th of March.
The 2018 Estate Syrah vintage saw some early season humidity but concluded with a warm and dry summer resulting in an earlier harvest date for this parcel of fruit on the 4th of March.
The 2017 Estate Merlot vintage brought stable and pleasant conditions across the vineyard allowing for perfect budburst and fruit set. This parcel of Merlot grapes was harvested on the 4th of March.
The 2018 Estate Merlot vintage saw some early season humidity but concluded with a warm and dry summer resulting in an earlier harvest date for this parcel of fruit on the 22nd of February.