2023 Oakridge 864 Oakridge Close Planted Syrah

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Dark plums and blueberries mingle with floral spices creating a hedonistic and long-lasting experience.

NZ$ 172.00

In any 6 mixed bottles from this Winery

NZ$ 158.00 In any 12 mixed bottles from this Winery

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Minimum 6 mixed bottle purchase per winery, in quantities of 6

Our 864 range features exceptional wines from specific and single blocks produced in small quantities and released in only the best years. An Oakridge 864 wine is terroir-driven. Made to demonstrate the importance of time and place with every bottle and always a tribute to tradition these wines are ready to drink now or cellar.

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Region	Yarra Valley
Varietal	Syrah
Vintage	2023
Alcohol %	13.4
Wine Style	A vintage defined by cool wet conditions low crops and harvesting late into autumn. The resulting wines have great depth of flavour and vibrant balanced acidities. Flowering occurred in November fruit set in late December and harvest on April 6th at 13.0 baume.
Reviews	Halliday Wine Companion - 97ptsFrom an east-facing block in Coldstream and planted at 5000 vines per ha. 30 whole bunches and matured in French puncheons 10 new. A gorgeous bright purple. Every bit as good as the 22 which is impressive in itself. Perfumed with aromas of liqueur cherries blackcurrants crushed violets and warm spices. Medium bodied and aromatic in the mouth with polished tannins on the long languid finish. Philip RichRobert Parker Wine Advocate - 94ptsThe 2023 864 Close Planted Block Oakridge Vineyard Syrah is perfumed and fine with scraped vanilla pod blood plum cassis licorice mountain herbs and black olive tapenade. It manages silkiness and heft at once which I appreciate although it never strays from the Oakridge medium-bodied oeuvre. Its Shiraz made by a Pinot winemaker which brings an eminent perfume and levity to the score. The wine comes from an east-facing block at 90 meters in elevation with a density of 5200 plants per hectare in the gray alluvial loams of Coldstream. This is a single clone R6VW28 cropped at 6.6 tonnes per hectare. 13.5 alcohol sealed under screw cap. Drink 2025 2033. Erin Larkin
Virtual Tasting Link	https://www.instagram.com/p/DPnHWmhgnx8/
Bottle Volume	750 ML

Tasting Notes

Bright red with a vibrant purple hue. Plush aromas set the scene with dark plums blueberries and rhubarb together with lifted floral spices such as white pepper cinnamon and violets. Its undoubtedly a hedonistic display of aromas that transposes presence and depth without feeling heavy and overburdened. The palate conveys a similar sentiment with a mixed bag of dark forest fruits bursting on the scene and continuing through the mouth coating journey. There is incredible definition to the fruit flavours yet they meld into one coherent experience. Tannins are complimentary to this journey with flavours maintaining presence in the mouth long after consumption.

Winemakers Notes

Hand-picked and sorted prior to destemming 70 of the berries into an open fermenter on top of 30 whole bunches After a three-day cold maceration fermentation spontaneously commenced peaking at 25C The fermenter was regularly pumped over and plunged during a three-week fermentation before the wine was pressed to French oak puncheons for a 14 month maturation on its gross lees.