The finish is beautifully juicy and elegant
the wine undergoes a short maceration of one week before starting maturation in oak barriques
Toasty coconut and spicy oak from the American oak heightens the dense fruit
Intense and persistent
Old vine fruit is gently fermented and sensibly extracted then aged a year or so in older French oak
Murdoch Hill Orion Syrah 2021 chateau-belair-monange The finish is beautifully juicy95 POINTS MIke Bennie, The Wine Front "A parcel of fruit from a single plot came through that looked strong from the get go, and hence this wine was released. Big perfume that echoes with game meat, white pepper, ripe plum, pickled cherry and truffle. Sloshes into the palate with concentration but a laciness, levity, and yet tightens on a web of fine, graphite laced tannins. Dark plum to taste, smoked paprika, game meat, dried herbs. Serious syrah