2021 Chaffey Bros. Wine Co. Evangeline Syrah

Dense inky black heart with a dark red black tinged hue. Elevated plum and liquorice aromas infused with dried clove are followed by some vanillin cedar and peppered earth notes. Rich succulent black raspberry, liquorice and plum fruits have a silky flow across the medium to full bodied palate with notions of smoky vanillin cedar, fennel and peppered earth lying underneath. Velvet smooth tannins with a long juicy finish.
Drink over the next 4-5 years.
Alc. 14.5%

Other Reviews….
Single-vineyard Eden Valley syrah sourced from the Noack family property in Springton at 410m elevation. Plummy and pure with layers of spice, sage, licorice, blueberry pie, violets, pepper, vanillin oak and the merest whiff of mint. There is a graceful air to the fruit passage across the palate, tannins, fine but tensing on the mid-palate with a purple floral flourish on the exit. Drink by 2033.
94 Points
Dave Brookes – James Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion

This is only the second Eden Valley Shiraz to fight its way to our Best In Show selection, and its emphatic, show-stopping character underlines how well this slightly higher-altitude zone is suited to South Australia’s favourite red variety. The wine’s opaque black-red colour tells us that generosity is on the menu, and the first sniff shows that not only is its black-cherry-and-plum fruit prodigiously aromatic, but also that the wine has had more than a year in oak. The plunging fruit – blackberry and blackcurrant – dominates the palate with the oak providing a little extra upholstery; and there’s a haunting citrus-and-lavender perfume on the palate, too, which does as much to structure the wine as the ample, gentle tannins and the curranty acidity. It’s an enjoyable and stylish wine which won’t require a long wait.
97 points
Best in Show - Decanter World Wine Awards