James Halliday 2016 Wine Companion

2013 Bekkers Syrah

Rating:

97

Drink By:

2050

Price:

$110.00

Date Tasted:

30 Dec 2014

Alcohol:

14.5%

James Halliday – Published on 27 Jul 2015

From the Hickinbotham and Gateway Vineyards; 85% destemmed, 15% whole bunches; 5-day cold soak; wild ferment; basket pressed to French puncheons (40% new). A first class example of McLaren Vale shiraz, with remarkable articulation of black fruits, licorice and bitter chocolate supported and lengthened by positive fine-grained fruit and oak tannins.