Passel Estate Lot 71 Reserve Syrah 2017
- 94
- $65
- Drink by: 2022-2032
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Syrah proved to be a standout variety in this very long and cool Margaret River vintage. Using the term Syrah certainly suits the style and weight of this wine. It has a degree of elegance and poise with a fine, grainy texture. I like the understated oak influence which is the result of maturation in larger format French oak. Spicy, dried herbs appear on the nose and palate. A nice alternative to the bigger style of Shiraz and showing the versatility of the variety in Margaret River.
Ray Jordan has been writing about wine for more than 40 years. His first articles were published in the early issues of national wine magazine Winestate in the late 1970s when he worked in Sydney as a newspaper correspondent. From 1989 Ray wrote more than 3000 columns as a regular newspaper wine columnist. He currently writes a regular column for the special business publication Business News and is one of the main contributors to national wine platform Wine Pilot. In 2017 Ray co-authored The Way it Was – A History of The Early Days of the Margaret River Wine Industry and previously wrote Wine in the Blood: Australia’s Family Wine Estates, published in Mandarin and English. In 2011 Ray was awarded WA Wine Press Club Jack Mann Memorial Medal for his contribution to the WA wine industry. His love of wine is as strong as his love of the blues and tasting the thousands of wines that cross his bench each year allows him to indulge in both.
