2024 Howard Park Flint Rock Syrah 12 Pack

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Jeni Port - Winepilot

As usual, a lively spiciness and fine earthy minerality rocks Flint Rock Shiraz! They are integral features of Shiraz from this Great Southern site. A mesh of scents erupts in briar, earth, autumnal leaves, dark fruits, spice. No fancy winemaking artefact here, just an open expression of cool climate Shiraz fruit where a peppery spice injects extra life into a palate that frankly is pretty lively as it is, with blueberries mingling among the dark berries, dusty cocoa and hints of earthy savouriness and undergrowth. Tannins bring everything into a firm focus. Jeni Port Wine critic at Winepilot Jeni Port is one of Australia’s top wine communicators. Based in Melbourne, Jeni created the first wine column in the (then) Sun News-Pictorial before moving over to The Age and becoming that paper’s longest-serving wine writer. Over the years she has written for most Australian wine magazines and these days calls WinePilot home. She is also a Tasting Panel member on the Halliday Wine Companion. She was named Wine Communicator of the Year and Legend of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival in 2014 and in 2018 Legend of the Vine. She is a founding board member of Australian Women In Wine and is the co-deputy chair of Australia’s Wine List of the Year Awards and China’s Wine List of the Year Awards. Wine writer and critic