Beechworth Syrah

Grilled or roast beef especially served rare or with a pepper sauce.

Handpicked from the Warner Vineyard in Beechworth, three hours north of Melbourne. The vineyard is situated in the foothills of the Alpine Valley of Victoria and is composed of granitic-loam over clay and areas of slate and shale.

Fermented as 100% whole bunches, 50 day extended maceration, with indigenous yeasts, racked to one and two year old French puncheons, sur lees for 15 months, gravity racked and bottled unfined and unfiltered. No acid, enzymes or additives other than a small amount of sulphur dioxide was used in production.

Ancient writings tell an endearing tale of Jamsheed a Persian king who was said to be able to see his kingdom in a cup of wine and whose fondness for fresh grapes lead him to store them in jars over winter where they would inevitably spontaneously ferment and be set aside as ‘poison’. One of King Jamsheed’s harem despairing of frequent migraines chooses to commit suicide by drinking from a poisoned jar. She wakes to find herself miraculously cured informs her king who is most pleased and sets about making many jars of ‘poison’ and thus wine was discovered.