2023 Clarendon Hills Liandra Syrah

Rich, medium to full bodied Syrah with a compact structure and focused acidity finishing generously fruited yet refined.

Magnificent colour featuring an impenetrable inky black heart and an equally deep dark red black hue. Pronounced blackberry, liquorice and dark chocolate scents intermingle with earthy graphite, fennel, spicy vanillin cedar and pepper notes. Rich blackberry and liquorice fruits are layered across the medium to full bodied palate with elements of dark chocolate, spicy vanillin cedar, earth and subtle peppered fennel elements the undercard. Compact structure with focused acidity and polished yet sculptured tannins. Long, generously fruited yet refined conclusion.
Drink over the next 6-8 years.
Alc. 13.9%

Other Reviews…..
Continuing the style of these '23 syrahs, this is a relatively elegant affair, red fruited and more medium in heft, though it’s marked by an intense mineral spine and is laced with North African spices. To me, the syrahs from this year most clearly show the direction this pinnacle estate is steering in, towards more transparency, more fragrance, more approachability. And that’s at no cost to quality and engagement. Rather the opposite. Compressed raspberry and cherry, red plum, a slew of spices, the tannins refined yet commanding, the carry both graceful and intensely flavourful. Lovely. Drink by 2036.
95 Points
Marcus Ellis - James Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion

The 2023 Liandra Syrah hails from Blewitt Springs, and the wine is typically aromatic, resplendent with pressed flowers, exotic spices and black olive tapenade. On the palate, the fruit is intensely dark, shaped by the signature Clarendon Hills oak (i.e., meaty, savory, spicy), and yet it exhibits attractive levity. It's a beautiful wine, one that expresses with elegance in this cool vintage. 13.9% alcohol, sealed under Diam.
95 Points
Erin Larkin – Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate