Gralyn Estate Reserve Shiraz 2017

In the ongoing celebration of Margaret River cabernet sauvignon as the region’s premier red grape, let’s not forget the region’s other red grape. The Mediterranean climate that shines on cabernet, doesn’t do a bad job on shiraz either. It’s just we don’t see the latter on shelves as much as we do the former.

A late 2017 harvest in the region – at times un-seasonally cool – resulted in a tightly coiled, focussed shiraz from Gralyn Estate.
Give the wine a splash of air after opening, and watch it unfold. It reveals good regional and varietal expression with black and red berried fruits, dried herb and turned earth. Instead of typical Marg’s bay leaf minty-ness, there’s a fresh spearmint quality.
The gentle flow of fruit, spice and toasty oak plays across the palate. It’s a youthful four-year-old, still unevolved to a degree, built around sinewy, dry tannins. It is a wine that will benefit further from ageing. It’s built into its DNA.