Meadowbank Syrah 2021

Meadowbank Syrah is a whole-bunch, naturally fermented Syrah from the Derwent Valley.

Whole bunches, all of them, went into the 2021, followed by a wild ferment, twelve days on skins, then pressing to old French oak barrels for nine months on lees before racking and bottling with no fining and only a token sulphur addition. Fruit comes partly from vines planted in 1974, the oldest on the property and the source behind the Jimmy Watson-winning Glaetzer-Dixon Mon Pere Shiraz in 2011, and partly from a newer north-facing block. The soils are the estate's usual loose sand and sandstone over iron-rich coffee rock, worked organically in practice for twenty years.

Sweet spice, red and blue fruit, earth and a lick of liquorice, with grip and drive through the middle and silken fruit underneath. Light-treading but seriously flavoured. Serve at 16 degrees with lamb shoulder, roast beetroot, or a peppercorn steak.

*Every effort is made to ensure the current vintage is accurate; however, variations can occur. If you are after a specific vintage, please contact us prior to ordering.