Les Fruits, Collines, Syrah, 2021
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- Syrah/Shiraz
- 2021
- 750 ml
- 12.1 % Abv
- Adelaide Hills/Mclaren Vale, South Australia
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Tim Stock is a well known figure in the Sydney wine scene and among other activities, has been influential in bringing traditional natural wines from Georgia into Australia. Les Fruits is Tim's winemaking project, and each year at vintage he produces wines (all farmed organically and/or biodynamically) in a variety of sheds around the Adelaide Hills with his own approach which he describes as: 'More no-fi than lo-fi. No fining, no filtration, and only homeopathic doses of sulphur before bottling.'
This Syrah is a combination of 2 parcels: one from the Murdoch Hill vineyards in the Adelaide Hills (treated to whole bunch ferment), and one from the Top Range vineyard in Mclaren Vale (treated to carbonic maceration). The former brings a complex savoury dark spice and olive tapenade character, while the latter brings Juicy blueberry, red and dark fruits - together it's a complex and gentle Frankenstein's Monster of a Syrah with fine grained tannins, a beautiful structure and a long tart finish. Love it!