Levantine Hill

Melissa's Paddock Syrah

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  Vintage 2018
  97 points The Real Review

Medium to deep ruby red colour. Dark cherry, mulberry, wakame and musk aromatics. Medium to full weight, dark blue and red fruits sit at its core with cinnamon, cola and wakame notes all surrounding it. But it’s more about texture and flow here; there’s underlying power to the tannins but they remain well hidden, with a glossy silken feel as it carries to an impressively long finish. A fantastic wine, showing a different face of Australian shiraz that may be less known.

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  Vintage 2016
  96 points The Real Review

Medium intense ruby red colour. Black cherry, soy, star anise and white pepper aromas. Just shy of full bodied but carrying many layers of spice complexities and an undercurrent of vegetable stock that brings a unique savoury umami character. Prodigious in length but with such subtlety of structure, it's hard to define yet it commands your focus and attention.