Garden Gully Syrah

Beef, Lamb, Game (deer, venison), Poultry

The grapes are handpicked from vines planted in the 1980's Great Western region of Central Victoria, the Syrah wines are 'Old Best's clone on the Concongella soil profile which is clay over ironstone. The climate is Mediterranean, with proximity to the Southern Ocean providing cooling influence during summer. The growing season is characterized by warm hot days but cool nights. Autumn is mild, and the region is especially well suited to later ripening red varieties, particularly Shiraz.

Sur lees for 15 months.

Fermented as 75% whole bunches with indigenous years, and a 40 day extended maceration racked to one and two-year-old French hogsheads and puncheons.

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.