2021 Spinifex Syrah

94 POINTS

Dave Brookes - Halliday's Wine Companion

Syrah from a selection of vineyards in the Barossa and Eden Valleys, judicious use of whole clusters, matured on light lees in a combination of large-format vessels for around 8 months prior to bottling. Deep purple red in the glass, it's a rollicking, crunchy, bright and sapid ride with a gorgeous plume of plummy fruit, cut with spice and floral nuance, whole-bunch amaro notes and a sense of space, clarity and detail that brings a smile to the face. Such a wonderful drink and great value.

94 POINTS

Dave Brookes - Halliday's Wine Companion

Syrah from a selection of vineyards in the Barossa and Eden Valleys, judicious use of whole clusters, matured on light lees in a combination of large-format vessels for around 8 months prior to bottling. Deep purple red in the glass, it's a rollicking, crunchy, bright and sapid ride with a gorgeous plume of plummy fruit, cut with spice and floral nuance, whole-bunch amaro notes and a sense of space, clarity and detail that brings a smile to the face. Such a wonderful drink and great value.

92 POINTS

James Suckling

A Barossan riff on Crozes-Hermitge, so laden with clove, iodine and salumi is it. Bursting with the most perfect blueberries at the seams. Mid-weighted of feel, intensely aromatic and absolutely delicious, this slakes the thirst. The reductive pedal, impeccably held adrift in the name of effusive drinkability. Lovely gear. Drink or hold.

92 POINTS

Campbell Mattinson - The Wine Front

mpressive wine. Spicy and ‘bunchy’ but blessed with a flood of juicy, sweet, ripe fruit flavour. This gets the juices flowing. Blackberry, licorice, rounds of twiggy herbs, a general sweet earth character and an understated – and integrated – cedarwood aspect. Lovely wine. Generous but contained.