Young Gun Of Wine, Deep Dive: Australia’s Best Syrah
Recently, @younggunoftheyear gathered an expert panel and set them the task of finding Australia’s Best Syrah.
Our 2021 Even Keel Syrah was Coralie Gelot’s wine of the day and also topped Gary Mills and Gabriella Rush’s wine of the day.
“This wine jumped out for its savoury elements,” commented Gelot. “There’s some peppery notes. It’s light and elegant with great structure and a lovely vibrancy. Plum skin tartness, little herbaceous notes, dry citrus peel, and some lovely secondary elements which makes me think that the wine has already spent a bit of time in bottle. Lighter, more elegant style of Syrah. Probably hands off winemaking. Cleverly made and well put together. Very interesting and delicious.”“A gamey and sweaty black fruit bouquet, layered and ponderous, with sweet clove and cinnamon black plum, musk stick and raspberry candy,” noted Mills. “A thought provoking palate – sweeter than the bouquet would suggest, expansive texture, and a deep well of interesting flavours.”Rush found: “This wine is a great example of how savoury wines don’t have to be intimidating but genial,” added. “The moment you mention tar to a new wine explorer you certainly get a paled look of concern but if I start to explain the smell of the hot asphalt as you drive out of Melbourne, the leather car seats, windows down with the scent of dried eucalyptus spilling into the vehicle as you munch on a bag of liquorice allsorts, it sounds like the perfect afternoon well spent. That’s what this wine is, a very very good Sunday drive.”
While Vercoe noted, “Red fruits and cola with a floral red petal prettiness. Juicy and open as it gently moves through the palate elegant and delicate flow. Very gentle clay-like tannin with a refreshing red liquorice and dried root and herb lick. Youthful and exuberant with a wild beauty of red currant and savoury leather and heather with a light bitter-brair edge.”
Head to Young Gun Of Wine to read the entire article and discover more of Australia’s Best Syrah’s.
