2024 Swinney 'Farvie' Syrah
The 2024 Farvie Wines are available on allocation and will be released on the 9th February 2026.
NOT YET REVIEWED
Wine Specs
Vintage
2024
Varietal
Syrah
Appellation
Frankland River
Harvest Date
3rd, 4th & 5th April 2023
Acid
5.84
pH
3.53
Aging
10+ years
Bottling Date
February 2024
Residual Sugar
0.5 g/l
Alcohol %
13.7
Wine Profile
Tasting Notes
Dark inky purple in colour.
On the nose - vibrant and expressive combining squid ink, white pepper, and nori with black mulberries and fresh dug truffles.
On the palate - A wonderfully proportioned syrah capturing the freshness of blueberries and satsuma plums with roasted mixed spice and Szechuan pepper. Intense without being heavy, the palate is tightly wound and framed by distinctly ferrous gravelly tannins. Long and sumptuous yet light on its feet.
Vineyard Notes
This fruit was from dry-grown, vertically-trellised Syrah from our Powderbark B2 and Wilson Pool 801 garden project vineyard sites. Only a sub-section of soil in both blocks is farmed for Farvie in a way that both nourishes and balances the fruit to optimum levels to allow dry farming. The use of shadecloth on the side of the vines that receives the afternoon sun, and rigorous shoot positioning and bunch selection, further refines the unique expression so critical to the personality of this fruit.
Production Notes
The fruit was hand picked, berry sorted and gravity fed to a French oak vat and two demi-muids.
We incorporated 55% whole bunches followed by wild fermentation to build structure and texture while promoting the bright and spicy aromatics.
The wine spent 15 days on skins and was then pressed directly to fine grained, large format, seasoned French oak, and aged for 10 months prior to bottling.
The wine was made with minimum effective Sulphites, is unfined and minimally filtered.
Other Notes
100% Syrah