Clarendon, Clarendon Hills, Astralis, Syrah 2004 Cabernet Franc earthy minerals

earthy minerals

This is quite forward and very ripe

which is sourced from the oldest plants of the variety in the Casablanca Valley that were planted in 1980

This is one of the more reticent

Based on this first vintage

Clarendon, Clarendon Hills, Astralis, Syrah 2004 Cabernet Franc earthy minerals98 points Wine Advocate One of Australias most prodigious Syrahs, Clarendon Hills 2004 Syrah Astralis is fashioned from vines planted in 1920, and spends time in 100% new French oak from the cooper, Cadus. It boasts off the charts intensity as well as an opaque purple color, and notes of spring flowers, blueberries, blackberries, roasted coffee beans, pepper, smoke, and a hint of sweet toasty oak. This full bodied, rich, intense, backward Syrah needs