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95 points

2024 Estate
Syrah

Name: Brad Robinson
Price range: $

A highly perfumed and seamless Syrah that has Sarah Fagan excited about the future of this variety, grown high on the hill at TarraWarra Estate.

Technical Details

Reviews

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Technical Details

Season Notes:

A vintage defined by both a cool and wet Spring and into early Summer. Warmer and dryer conditions were then experienced from mid-January onwards and has resulted in wines with great acidity, balance, and flavour.

Alc/vol

13.0%

Harvested

Hand harvested on 15th March, 2024

Winemaking

The fruit was hand harvested and destemmed into open fermenters. 10% whole bunch was also utilised in the fermenters for added complexity. Thoughtful ferment handling was used to encourage balanced flavour, acidity, and tannin structure. The wine was blended post oak maturation in November, for bottling in early 2025.

Oak

Matured in French oak Puncheons and Barriques for 8 months, with 10% being new oak.

Cellaring

Will drink well now and will continue to develop further complexity over the next 5-10 years.

Colour

Lively purple hue.

Nose

Red currants and black pepper spice. Initial perfume characters and balanced by a savoury influence which gives more complexity to the aromatic profile.

Palate

Silky & seamless texture with bright red berry flavours, which give way to more savoury flavours reminiscent of olive tapenade, dark bramble notes, and an underlying ferrous character. Composed and elegant in style.

Food match

Dry aged, char-grilled rib-eye, wedge of lemon and a garden salad.

Reviews

95 points
Philip Rich

10% whole bunches, matured in French puncheons and barriques (10% new). A vibrant, medium crimson red, with a subtle and complex nose of dark fruits, subtle spice, floral notes, and a little graphite. Medium bodied, with excellent mid-palate intensity, perfectly framed by fine-grained, persistent tannins. Will need another couple of years to hit its straps and can be confidently cellared for eight to 10 years.

The Halliday Wine Companion
Published 01 September 2026

93 points
Tom Kline, Wine Pilot, May 2026

Pink peppercorn and game meat make for an attractively savoury opening, dark cherry fruit filling things out as the glass opens up. Nutmeg, black olive tapenade and a graphitic edge emerge with time — an altogether moreish cool-climate Syrah perfume. The palate is supple and medium-bodied, dark cherry and blackberry supported by pepper spice, meaty tones and black olive again, before a sheath of chalky tannins wraps it all together and leads to a balanced finish of solid length. The cool-climate charm is squarely in place, and that peppery quality keeps you coming back.

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