Craggy Range Syrah 2024

Utter seduction in a glass. The 2024 shows staining beetroot and blood plums, some orange oils, a shrubbery of stalky herbs and black olive. It slinks and slips over the palate with ease and grace, super fine tannins. This is exquisite in its textural composition, drinkability and lifted perfume. Opening up it shines with violet and lavender and leaves the palate with a sheen of silky tannins. This will age well, blossoming with more granitic earth and briar over time. Drink now or cellar for another 6-8 years. An ox tail ragu would send you over the edge.

Shanteh Wale

Contributor at Wine Companion

Shanteh cut her teeth at Sydney’s Award-Winning Quay restaurant where she worked for over a decade and was Head Sommelier from 2018 till 2022. She has been nominated for the Good Food Guide Sommelier of the Year award on three occasions and claims that her experience as a Len Evans scholar as one of the highlights of her career. Shanteh hosts her own weekly podcast ‘Over A Glass’ with the Deep in the Weeds Network and spends her time writing for various publications and judging at numerous wine shows across the country.

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