Lambert Syrah 2023
Regular price $49.00
Pickup available at The Heritage Wine Store & Bottle Shop
Usually ready in 1 hour
Lambert Syrah 2023
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The Heritage Wine Store & Bottle Shop
Pickup available, usually ready in 1 hour
129 Saint Georges Terrace
Brookfield Place
Perth WA 6000
Australia
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TASTING NOTE: “Beautifully poised, cool expression of shiraz with concentrated but elegant dark cherry fruit and a subtle overlay of spice. A very good follow-up to the excellent 2022, which is drinking beautifully now.” Max Allen, The Financial Review
"This is such a composed, vivid young Syrah. Expect bright perfume, spice and dark berries woven through delicious earthy, stony elements. It’s slick, expressive and super long; world-class Syrah at an attainable price! Dark cherry and blue fruits, plenty of spice, black olive and grilled meat. It’s medium-bodied, spicy and perfumed, meaty too, with a surprisingly intense burst of ‘minerally’ acidity through its core. Tannin is all crushed rock and sooty goodness, and the finish is long and savoury and stalky. Very good."- 95 Points, Gary Walsh, The Wine Front - ABOUT THE WINE: The fruit for this Syrah was sourced from the west side of the Denton vineyard, where it enjoys more afternoon sun. Like the Chardonnay, the vines are located at the top of the hill where the topsoil depth is negligible, and yields are much lower than is the case for the Crudo vines, which are on the lower part of the slope. Fermented using wild yeast and 80% whole bunches included. Matured in large, old, French oak foudre and bottled without fining or filtration. Luke Lambert
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ABOUT THE PRODUCER: One of Australia’s most humble and innately talented winemakers, Luke Lambert is obviously inspired by his experience making wine in Piemonte and Australia yet firmly believes that “...the shape of a wine should be governed by what soil you’re on, the aspect, the amount of sunshine and rain.” In other words, the personality of a wine will be dictated by its “place”. Lambert’s source vineyards (in poor, rocky and elevated pockets of the Yarra Valley) therefore manage to bring out their unique signature in the final cut.
All Lambert wines are handpicked and of single-vineyard origin. They are sublimely perfumed, with moderate alcohols, fresh acidities, powdery tannins, and limited oak influence. Luke’s artisanal methodology includes wild ferments without the aid of temperature control, hand plunging, long macerations (with plenty of whole-bunch for the Syrah’s), gravity rather than pumping, old, large format oak and no fining or filtration.
- COUNTRY: Australia
- REGION: Yarra Valley
- VARIETAL: Shiraz
- WINE STYLE: Red Wine
- WINEMAKER: Luke Lambert
- CLASSIFICATION: Minimal Intervention, Unfined & Unfiltered, Sustainable Farming, Vegan
- CLOSURE: Cork
- ABV%: 13.5%
- SIZE: 750ml