Mt Concord Syrah 2019

Tasting Notes

Our cool-climate Mt Concord Syrah offers a perfume of spiced berries. On the palate, French oak supports blueberry and spiced cherry fruit flavours.

Vinification

Shiraz grapes are hand-picked, destemmed and crushed into open-top fermenters. The wine is gently pressed and matured in French oak barriques for 18 months.

Winemaker: Scott McCarthy

2019 Vintage

The 2019 vintage saw dry and warm conditions across the property but the vineyard thrived. We had a harvest date for this parcel of fruit on the 7th of March.

Wine Reviews

"A mighty impressive cool climate Syrah from the Upper Goulburn. Has a bright red fruit lift on the nose with a little dried herbs and even a touch of sage bush. The palate is medium weight with excellent intensity. A wine with swagger and poise. Delve deeper into the palate and black fruit characters emerge. There's a fine ironstone core threading through here. Cellar 10 years".

93 points - Ray Jordan, Wine Pilot. September 2023.

"The grapes hail from the the lower reaches of Mount Concord, an elevation of 650 meters. They were hand-harvested, destemmed and crushed into open-top fermenters, before a gentle pressing and then maturation in French oak barriques for 18 months, 64% of which were new. The nose here gives us rose petals and raspberries. Leather, cloves and mint. There is good concentration, focus and serious persistence. A really lovely example of a cooler climate Syrah. Fine, well crafted tannins with a line of acidity. Enjoy this now or anytime over the next six to ten years".

93 points - Ken Gargett, Wine Pilot. December 2023.