2024 Swinney Syrah

95 Points - James Halliday, Wine Companion

“Twelve days on skins, a touch of new oak (8%), wild fermented; just under a third is whole bunches. This is a sinewy, taut, textural, medium-weight red wine laden with green herbs and spice, chewy cranberry, dark cherry, mulberry and a good shake of clove spice. Tannins find an emery board texture, a good chomp and chew, and stretch the wine long. This feels very 'syrah' all up. It's beautifully composed, albeit a touch on edge in youth, but it will settle wonderfully. Closure: Screw cap. 13.9% alcohol. (Drink by 2038)”

94 Points - Gary Walsh, The Wine Front

“This is meaty, peppery, blackcurrant and blackberry, quite some exotic spice, fennel salami, liquorice, black olives. It's medium-bodied, all salumi and pepper, black olive, a nutty hazelnut skin feel to tannin, a sappy umami thing and blood orange tang to acidity, sooty and nutty and spicy to close. Something of a violet and gum leaf perfume too. Good wine. Kind of salty, but very nice. (Drink between 2025-2034)”

91 Points - Angus Hughson, Vinous

“The 2024 Syrah Frankland River is compact and heavyset, offering layers of licorice, new leather and blackberry aromas. Supple textures and powdery tannins underpin ironstone and dark chocolate flavors, while subtle cola and gravel emerge over a sinewy finish. Well pitched, this wine needs a couple of years to flesh out. (Drink between 2027-2033)”