Clarendon Hills 2023 New and Old Icon Syrah Pack

The Clarendon Hills Onkaparinga Syrah vineyard is classified by Clarendon Hills as a Grand Cru site and possesses phenomenal power and a wealth of complexity. The Onkaparinga Syrah produces one of the most prolific Syrah expressions in the Clarendon Hills cellar every vintage. The vineyard used to be considered a Penfolds Grange constituent site in the 1980’s and the pedigree is clearly evident. Deeply layered and recessed, laying in wait for future generations is a story of ancient Blewitt Springs terroir. The site sits atop of the famous Blewitt Springs deep sandy soils and is located in rocky ironstone, shale and quartz pebbles and when coupled with very old, dry grown, pre-phylloxera Syrah vines, they forge an expression of first class Australian terroir that rivals the best in the world.

The Clarendon Hills Astralis Syrah 2023 release offers both collectors and connoisseurs alike an opportunity to witness a legend in the making. The Astralis Syrah vineyard has been captured by legendary winemaker Roman Bratasiuk over the last 35 years and this is a magical release. Roman has pushed his belief that this is one of the greatest single vineyards in the world to the n’th degree and has cultured a McLaren Vale icon across the last 3 decades. Hand picked and wild yeast fermented the wine is matured in the highest quality French Oak for 18 months before being bottled at the winery by the very same team that made it. Majesty, elegance and seamless power are some of the most enduring comments on the Astralis, whose name comes from a reference to the night sky. Astralis is defined as a celestial body and or pertaining to the stars. Prestigious Australian wine company Langtons ranks Astralis as a classified wine.  The wine has received numerous high praise with 2 recent perfect 100 point scores and also 13 other vintages that are near perfectly scored with a 98 or 99 point score.

10 years in. the cellar has done wonderous things to this majestic example of Blewitt Springs Syrah. The Onkaparinga vineyard is perched atop the ancient Onkaparinga Gorge and is the highest elevated Blewitt Springs vineyard we make. The site is rich with minerals and ironstone and quartz and shale scatter the terroir to yield a highly mineral-rich cuvee. The 10 cellar maturation has developed the tertiary complexities and the primary fruits are now a backseat to the wondrous earth, loam, forest floor, mahogany, leather game meat connotations this wine currently yields. This is a fantastic example of a Grand Cru vineyard with 10 development under its belt and its iconic terroir is now the primary complexity driver of this wine. Lifted earthy perfume and a silken, multi-layered palate with no hard edges confirms this example as one of the best vineyards in McLaren Vale at peak drinking time. This 2013 Clarendon Hills Onkaparinga Syrah has been meticulously stored in our winery‘s cellar for the last 10 years and the result is truly spellbinding. Members only.