Yelland & Papps Barossa Valley Syrah 2022
- 93
- $49
- Drink by: 2023-2030
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The pepperiness in this wine really brings an added vibrancy and aromatic lift, which is in keeping with what we expect from the use of the term syrah. Is this a deliberate marketing choice? You have to think so. Maybe there are just too many perceived ideas about ‘Barossa shiraz’ but, Barossa syrah? Glistening deep purple. Bright, spring-fresh aromas of black cherry, plum, pomegranate, anise and pepper. Medium weighted with a familiar Barossa boldness, the palate brings ripe fruit and a solid flow of savoury tannins, earth and leather, through to the finish. Pepper is nicely stated throughout, but never over-stated.
Jeni Port is one of Australia’s top wine communicators. Based in Melbourne, Jeni created the first wine column in the (then) Sun News-Pictorial before moving over to The Age and becoming that paper’s longest-serving wine writer. Over the years she has written for most Australian wine magazines and these days calls WinePilot home. She is also a Tasting Panel member on the Halliday Wine Companion. She was named Wine Communicator of the Year and Legend of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival in 2014 and in 2018 Legend of the Vine. She is a founding board member of Australian Women In Wine and is the co-deputy chair of Australia’s Wine List of the Year Awards and China’s Wine List of the Year Awards.
