2020 Frankland Estate Isolation Ridge Syrah
Frankland River, WA
Savoury elegant, cool-climate Shiraz with a real stamp of quality. Cracking wine.
$52.00
Long finish and very elegant. A gorgeous wine.
Huon Hooke (The Real Review)
About The Wine
The organically grown Isolation Ridge vineyard is considered the jewel in the crown for this leading producer of Frankland River.
The Shiraz it produces is a pure, soft style that speaks beautifully of its home. Cool climate Shiraz, with all the spice and floral top notes you could possibly ask for.
It's graceful, unforced and brimming with fresh pepper and herbs, and dark, violet fruit flavours. Wonderfully elegant yet concentrated. Cracking stuff for sure.
About Frankland Estate
Frankland Estate are one of the leading producers in the Frankland River region of WA. Family owned and operated since 1988, their major focus is on certified organically grown fruit that reflects its terroir rather than the hand of the winemaker.
Their cool climate Rieslings are regarded as some of the best in the region and the country with several single vineyard releases that could be a contender for Australia's Best Riesling.
Frankland Estate is cutting a mean wave through the industry and picking up a lot of recognition in the process.
Frankland River, WA
From The Producer
Perfumed with hints of spice and white pepper, a complex nose reflecting depth and authenticity. An elegant medium bodied wine with a sweet core of fruit combined with subtle savoury complexity of spice and herb that integrate into the subtle French oak which sits comfortably with the savoury notes and fine-grained tannins. Length and depth of fruit profile in the wine will ensure very good aging.
Blend : Shiraz
ABV : 14.5%
Closure : Screw Cap
Drink Until : 2031
Bottle Size : 750ml
Frankland River, WA
Critic Reviews
"Spicy, perfumed, white flower and Turkish apricot, blackberry and liquorice. Medium-bodied, supple and ripe, with fine plum skin tannin and flavour, a little meatiness and gentle chew, Christmas cake and fragrance, fine emery board tannin and sweet black berries on a long finish. Svelte, yet rich. Very good." - Gary Walsh (The Wine Front)
"Very deep, bold red/purple colour, bright and youthful. The bouquet is fruit-sweet and deliciously appealing, sweetly jammy and there's possibly some whole-bunch character as well, stylishly intertwined. The palate is again seductively fruit-sweet and perfumed, with floral notes as well as red and blue fruits, the tannins supple and well balanced with the other components. It's already very approachable and supple, a delicious young, evidently cool-climate, shiraz. Long finish and very elegant. A gorgeous wine." - Huon Hooke (The Real Review)
"2020 is going to go down as a brilliant year in WA – widespread good, like 2018 – but everyone will remember the firm and plentiful tannins and the fleshy fruit. These go hand in hand in almost every vineyard in the state, and it is so, here. This is very grownup. It has the slick and gloss of beautifully ripe fruit, but it also has the blood, gravel and rust that underpins all reds grown in Frankland River. While this has resolutely earned its 'syrah' moniker, it has enough savoury grunt and brooding hutzpah to accurately reflect the region, too. Bravo." - Erin Larkin (Halliday Wine Companion)
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