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Ravensworth Estate Syrah 2023
DOZEN: $669.60 or $55.80 each
Shiraz was a clear month later than the current year”, a summation of a vexatious growing season that was late to start, wet, very wet, “perhaps the wettest we’ve had”. The home vineyard is maintained with light machinery and by hand so disease was dealt with, or, as Bryan Martin reports, “…didn’t deal with any disease”. Phew. The Syrah is a single clone. It spent eight weeks on skins and was matured for two years in barrel.
It has the wash and slosh of the season but there’s plenty of attractive, dark fruit, woody spice, sweet earth, truffle and peppery elements here. There’s dashes of mint and eucalyptus too, a touch of tomato leaf, wet herbs. It’s pleasing in its way, a shimmy of light tannins help things along. All up, of the season, a softness and ease of drinking. MIKE BENNIE, The Wine Front