Australia

Eden Valley

Medium

Cork

The cooler climes of Eden Valley can show many personalities – especially in a longer, slower vintage such as 2023 – and winemaker Samantha Chandra pushes this to the edge with an elegantly restrained interpretation of refined, bare-boned, blue-fruited Shiraz. It’s sourced from the 30-year-old Naimanya Vineyard in Flaxman Valley, the highest Shiraz site in South Australia at 525m above sea level. Unusual sharp notes of gunsmoke, curry leaf and struck flint rise above the blueberry aromas, but the entry is silky and seductive, an easy caress of blueberry, mulberry and dark plum with a faint lick of spice, framed by wild herbs. This is artisan winemaking at its best – packaged with beautifully artistic labels and elegantly waxed bottle necks, and with care taken to do things distinctly and differently.

Shiraz

Setiono, Flaxman Syrah, Eden Valley, South Australia, Australia, 2023

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The cooler climes of Eden Valley can show many personalities – especially in a longer, slower vintage such as 2023 – and winemak

Setiono, Flaxman Syrah, Eden Valley, South Australia, 2023

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