Swinney Farvie Syrah Frankland River 2018

Swinney Farvie Syrah Frankland River

Region: Frankland River, Australia

Vintage: 2018

Bottle size: 75cl

Grape: Syrah

ABV: 14%

This both looks and smells dark purple. On the nose, whortleberry, aronia and purple grape at first; revealing nuances of clove, star anise, stargazer lily, musk, leather and iron as it opens in the glass. In the mouth, it is super-refined: intense and concentrated in flavour, while having gorgeous soft succulence of texture. There is a sprinkling of powdery tannin - discernible but oh so delicate. Undoubtedly a great wine, it would be intriguing to watch this evolve for 15 years or longer - but it's oh-so irresistible already. Utterly harmonious. Farvie Syrah is a selection of fruit picked exclusively from the 'morning' side of the vine rows, which ripens more slowly and gently than fruit exposed to the afternoon sun.

The Farvie wines, first released in March 2020 from the 2018 vintage, represent the highest quality expression of our family’s best vineyard sites. The wines are the result of a vineyard–focused philosophy of meticulous attention to site selection and precise grape growing practices. These include dry growing, organic farming principles, intensive shoot and fruit thinning, and careful, deliberate bunch selection from fruit growing either on the morning side of the canopy or protected by shade cloth.

George John Alexander Swinney was a pioneer of the Frankland River Region. Guided by the Swinney family motto, Quo Fata Vocant—Whither the Fates Call—George settled at ‘Franklands’ in 1922. Located on the banks of the Frankland River, the property features gently undulating hills, dominated by jarrah and redgum trees growing upon ironstone gravel and loam soils

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