2021 Murdoch Hill Syrah

Delightful cool climate Syrah from an emerging star producer in the Adelaide Hills.

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Michael Downer has been carefully honing his craft with cool climate Syrah over the last few years, and each new release gets a little more impressive. Pound for pound, this may be his best value Syrah to date.

This comes from the Cronberry vineyard in the Adelaide Hills. It's a wine that shows off all the hallmarks of both the vineyard and the skilful hands of its creator. It's about style and elegance, not brute force.

It's made with 15% whole bunches and a judicious combination of maturation in new and old oak for 10 months. If you're on the lookout for top value, spicy, modern Syrah, this is one of the best from this region at this price point.

92 points, "While this maker's upper-echelon syrah, the Landau, reminds me of a top Saint-Joseph, this is an equally drinkable wine, albeit, not in the same league. Nor, of course, the same price. There is more sweetness flowing across the seams, less refined tannins and a burst of acidity. Yet there is tapenade, charcuterie and blue fruits. A smidgeon of bunchy grip, too, conferring a modicum of class." - Ned Goodwin (Halliday Wine Companion)

Spicy with a pleasant bunchy green perfume, raspberry and cherry. Medium bodied, sweet berries, plum and vanilla, laden with spice and cut back with cranberry acidity and slaty tannin. Finish is juicy and pretty long. Very easy to enjoy.

Region: Adelaide Hills, SA
Blend: Shiraz/Syrah (100%)
ABV: 13.50%
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Price Bracket $31 to $40
Type Red
Body Full Bodied
Variety Shiraz
Country Australia
Region Adelaide Hills
Australian State SA
Reviewed By Halliday Wine Companion
Critic Score 92
Alcohol 14%
Size 750ml
Vintage 2021
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Murdoch Hill

Murdoch Hill is a family-owned winery captained by talented young winemaker Michael Downer.

Downer splits the range in two: his clean-cut, consistently high-quality ‘Estate’ wines are excellent value and perpetually reliable, and his quirky, adventurous ‘Artisan’ wines which offer an alt-styling and different shades of the region.

With the combination of high-quality Adelaide Hills fruit grown on the family estate and the undoubted talent in the winery, this is a Hills producer on the up and up!

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