2021 Sigurd Reserve Syrah
Barossa Valley
Modern Barossa is perhaps an abused term, but it couldn’t be more apt here. A wine of impeccable elegance and balance, but with weight and earthy, spicy intent.
Australia’s Best Pinot Meunier
Pinot meunier. For all the dazzling success of Champagne, its most planted grape is accorded little of the acclaim. Almost none. While they ride on the broad shoulders of meunier, the garlands go to the glamour couple of chardonnay and pinot noir. But meunier has more to offer. In Australia, though the output is extremely modest at best, the grape has a meaningful place as a quality grape for red wine production. Five years after our inaugural Deep Dive into Pinot Meunier, it’s an apt time to again cast our eyes across the landscape. We gathered every Australian pinot meunier (made as a still red wine) that we could find and set our expert panel the task of finding the wines that compelled the most.
