Murdoch Hill Artisan Series Landau Syrah 2022 (6 Bottles), Adelaide Hills

by Fine Wine Cellars

$294.00 GST Included

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In some ways, this is Michael Downer’s signature wine. It comes from a single parcel of vines at Murdoch Hill’s Landau block in Oakbank, a predominately east-facing slope on shallow, red loam soils with varying levels of schist rock and ironstone. The vines were planted in 1998 and sit at 400 metres above sea level. Oakbank’s warmer, sunny days allow for the Syrah vines to fully ripen their fruit while the afternoon breezes and cool nights help promote natural acidity. The block is sustainably managed with zero herbicides and organic principles.

Due to the low yields and cooler weather, the 2020 vintage saw a decrease in whole-bunch to just 15% in 2020 (from 50% in 2019). It’s a lighter wine than its predecessor; forward with elegance, spice and vitality. Downer wild-fermented the fruit with whole bunches and whole berries in small one-tonne open fermenters. Oak maturation was minimal, with the wine raised in older oak puncheons and demi-muids (less than 10% new) for 10 months.

Downer’s Landau Syrah is all about light tread, elegance and cool fruited freshness. Signature Syrah flavours of black spice, savoury blue fruits and a touch of liquorice are carried by bright acidity and well-integrated tannins. It’s spicy and playful but the underlying power and purity betray the pedigree at work in both fruit and winemaking nous.

“A complex and spicy syrah with aromas of pepper, graphite, dark chocolate, blackberry, dark cherry and all manner of complex spices. Some dark-olive tapenade, too. The palate has intense, central fruit power with blackberries, dark cherries and plums with a long, fresh and well-resolved build. Drink over the next eight years. Screw cap.” 96 points, Nick Stock, JamesSuckling.com

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Murdoch Hill is a family-owned winery captained by talented young winemaker Michael Downer.

Downer splits the range in two: his clean-cut, consistently high-quality ‘Estate’ wines are excellent value and perpetually reliable, and his quirky, adventurous ‘Artisan’ wines which offer an alt-styling and different shades of the region.

With the combination of high-quality Adelaide Hills fruit grown on the family estate and the undoubted talent in the winery, this is a Hills producer on the up and up!

Our family has been farming the fertile soils of the Onkaparinga Valley since 1939 and in this time there have been many cattle grazing, hens laying, potatoes grown, flowers picked and since 1998 we have been passionately caring for our vines, and making great wines.

Our vineyard is located behind the township of Oakbank in the beautiful Adelaide Hills. Producing excellent Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon. There has been a lot of blood sweat and tears along the way.

Now, with 20 vintages under our belt the results speak for themselves. We carefully hand prune, shoot thin, bunch thin, and hand pick to produce the best possible wines that show the unique characters of our place.

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