2016 Giant Steps Syrah

Produced with 30% whole bunch fruit. Totally opaque dark red black colour with a dark red hue. Aromas of ripe dark cherries tinged with a hint of liquorice are overlaid by dried clove, fennel and blackpepper notes. Medium bodied with rich yet savoury flavours of ripe dark cherries and plums intermix with traces of liquorice, fennel and dried cloves. Peppery finish with dry, sturdy, grainy tannins. Aftertaste of dark cherries, plums, subtle liquorice, fennel, dried clove infusions and blackpepper.
Cellar 4-5 years.
Alc. 14%

Other Reviews….
Yarra Valley syrah grown on the Sexton and Tarraford vineyards. 30% whole bunches. Open fermented. Large format oak. Bottled by gravity in May so it’s had a few months to settle. Right.
So aromatic. So well flavoured. So generous and yet so firm. We’re onto a very good thing here. Whole bunch characters exert a keen influence but the fruit is entirely up to the task – and then some. Herbage, nuts, spice and a push of black cherry-plum fruit. Almost into blueberry territory here. Velvety and sinewy at once. Excellent push through the finish. Personality and discipline form a bond. Yes. An exciting release.
95 points
Campbell Mattinson – The Wine Front