Chalk Hill Alpha Crucis Clarendon Syrah 2021
- 92
- $60
- Drink by: 2024-2035
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I love it when a Syrah opens with glossy blue and black fruits; it shows me we are already on the right track. Of course, it’s the turn for some graphite, resin, cedar, cloves, roasted coffee beans, and new leather, but I also want to see the fruit. And if I see it first thing, it’s even better. Two other crucial things I’m desperate to see in a Syrah are well-present and persistent tannins and a refreshing stream of acidity. Why, you might wonder. Well, when all the above boxes are ticked, the wine is damn good.
Lisa Cardelli is an Italian-born wine professional who has been based in Melbourne since 2010. She worked as a sommelier in some of the city’s leading fine-dining restaurants for over ten years before leaving hospitality to become a wine sales representative. Lisa is now a journalist for Il Globo, the newspaper for Italians in Australia and around the world, where she also curates her own wine column. She continues to write about wine for both local and international publications and is on track to become one of the few prolific bilingual wine writers in Australia. A certified WSET Educator, she teaches at various venues across Melbourne. She also judges at local wine shows and for the prestigious Australia’s Wine List of the Year Awards and China’s Wine List of the Year Awards. Lisa was the recipient of the 2022 Wine Communicators of Australia award for Best Published Feature Article, a finalist for the same award in 2024, the recipient of the 2022 Sydney Royal Wine Professional Development Scholarship sponsored by the Len Evans Foundation, and one of twelve carefully selected Len Evans Scholars in 2024.
