Mayer, Syrah, Yarra Valley

Drank in London Like a Cotie

Clear ruby red going a little tawny. Clean medium+ nose that begins with fragrant black fruits and finishes with charred wood and lifted white pepper. Medium+acid, low tannin, medium body palate with black cherry, a little eucalyptus and more white pepper with a medium+ finish. Very good quality cool climate Shiraz. Right in its drinking window I would say.

Very dark ruby color; appealing, fresh, pepper, roasted black fruit nose; tasty, fresh, pepper, roasted black fruit, mineral palate; very appealing now; medium-plus finish

Deep purple with bright purple rim. Youthful peppery nose. White pepper dominating initially with some nice cigar box and spice with time in glass. Cherries, blackberries and spice. Nice fine grained tannins. A nice example of a balanced cool climate shiraz with great powdery tannins. Actually reminiscint of the Clonakilla SV. Intensity of flavours and length not overwhelming. Enjoyable in its youth, but I'd leave for a few years to gain some developed complexity. At the moment its nothing special …

Black pepper dominates the nose as it does the palate. There is quite a bit of mouth weight. Simple, one-dimensional but very effective.