Wirra Wirra Bekkers Clarendon Vineyard Syrah 2024
- 93
- $50
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Sweet cedar and black pepper spice sit over blood plum, blackberry, black cherry, rubbed mint and grilled meat. Bay leaf emerges, alongside earthy notes with air, taking the wine to a new level of complexity. There’s a coolness to the palate that offsets the full body and dense flavour concentration — cedar, vanilla, black pepper, plum, black cherry, olive, blackberry and meat rolling through the mouth with assertion and power. Stacked, grainy tannins provide shape and frame, while a mint-flecked acidity freshens the close. There’s a lot going on here, and this should develop nicely in the cellar as the oak and structural elements soften and integrate.
Tom Kline is a wine writer, reviewer, presenter, and educator based in Victoria, Australia. He is the Australian correspondent for the internationally respected publications Jasper Morris Inside Burgundy and Jane Anson Inside Bordeaux, where he highlights the top tier of Australian wine for a global audience. Tom also writes for leading outlets including Decanter (UK), Wine Spectator (US), and Halliday Magazine, among others. An experienced wine show judge and WSET educator, he has authored several consumer-focused wine courses aimed at making wine more accessible and engaging. In 2023, Tom was awarded Best Published Feature Article or Wine Column at the prestigious Wine Communicator Awards, presented by Wine Communicators of Australia.
