Clarendon Hills

Astralis Syrah 2006

Clarendon Hills and the Astralis Syrah are icons of not only McLaren Vale, but of Australian Shiraz. Clarendon Hills is the living vision of one of the world's greatest Shiraz winemakers, Roman Bratasiuk. His dream came true in 1990 and is now home to some of the most outstanding and hard to get single vineyard wines in Australia. The Astralis is the marquee wine in the Clarendon Hills range, and while this vineyard is not treated any differently to the others, it garners the most worldwide attention due to its incredible expression and timeless elegance. From an Easterly aspect and planted on a 45 degree ascending slope, Australis has phenomenal varietal length and will repay the patient cellarer for more than 15 years.