Community Tasting Note

Cbanks wrote:

Wednesday, April 10, 2024 - SWIG - The 2022 Flaxman Valley Syrah is sourced from three vineyards that are East facing, and cooler than many spots in Barossa, and wetter: his family's old-vine home block which is over 100 years old, a steep hillside vineyard on their neighbour's property around 500 metres above sea level and Chris Ringland's vineyard next door, that had been decimated by a serve hail storm but Callum was able to handpick what he could - some of south Australia's highest lying vines.
With Callum’s unwavering local knowledge of the land and the three single vineyard plots used, shows how much precision is taken when making these wines. This is definitely more Syrah than Shiraz. Black pepper, olive tapenade, fennel seeds, bitter herbs, tea and brush, with a salinity, all dancing on top of cool black fruits. Fluidity on the palate is matched with lightly grippy tension and a lifted finish.
1968 bottles made 13.2%. Drink 2023-2047.

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