Flametree S.R.S. Syrah 2024
- 95
- $60
- Drink by: 2026-2041+
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From the Karridale sub-region of Margaret River, the fruit comes from the Hamlin Bay Vineyard, with vines of thirty years of age. The team include 20% whole bunches and 5% sundried stalks in the fermentation, to enhance the complexity. Maturation was in older, Burgundy-coopered French oak puncheons for a year. This is a cracking example of just how good Shiraz from Margaret River can be. The colour is a vibrant, purple magenta, while on the nose we have aromas weaving through notes of plums, cranberries, violets, a touch of vanillin oak, spices, cassis and aniseed. The wine is supple and seamless and finely balanced, with excellent length. Certainly, most impressive at the moment but there is so much promise here. The wine maintains its intensity throughout and finishes with fine, satiny tannins. Enjoy over the next fifteen plus years. Love it.
Ken was born and bred in Brisbane, Queensland. He had a non-trendy, perfectly happy childhood, in a family convinced alcohol meant instant condemnation to Hades. But a break fishing on the Great Barrier Reef, and some good wine, started a serious obsession that eventually took over. It did not stop Ken being chastised later for drinking Pol champagne, disgusted he’d drink anything made by a Cambodian dictator. Now, Ken mostly writes on wine, champagne and spirits for various newspapers, magazines and books, but is perhaps best known for his work in The Courier Mail. He also has a little sideline writing on cigars, fishing, travel and food. When not writing, fly-fishing for trout in NZ or bonefish on the flats of Cuba, travelling or smoking cigars, he is no doubt following a variety of sporting teams – the occasionally glorious Queensland Reds rugby, the dysfunctional Washington Redskins, the dodgy Arsenal and especially revels in the world restored to its proper axis with the return of the Ashes to their rightful home.
