2024 Warramate Syrah, Yarra Valley

Gold at 2026 Yarra Valley Wine Show

With 20% whole bunches and matured in barriques (10% new). A medium, bright crimson. Perfumed with bright red and black fruits, allspice and crushed violets. Medium–full bodied, this delivers terrific bang for your buck. A step up on the '23, and while it's calling out for food now, those who put some away for four to six years will be well rewarded.

95 points Special Value Philip Rich for Halliday Wine Companion, August 2026

This wine was made from fruit grown in several blocks across the Warramate vineyard and is a blend of the 1654, Old Vine, Best’s Old Vine and Tahbilk clones of Shiraz.

The grapes were fermented as whole berries with a small whole bunch inclusion for enhanced aromatics and structure. The must was hand plunged throughout the fermentation and mature for fifteen months in French oak barrels of which 10% were new.

Leaning toward cool-climate Syrah styles, this is a fine, perfumed expression of Shiraz that is ready to drink on release but is also likely to offer further complexity after a couple of years in the bottle.

Another great value release from Warramate, this would pair well with roasted game birds, dishes with aromatic wood-smoke or slow-cooked meats that feature warming sweet spices. Try with Iberian-style roasted duck legs with sour cherries or Chinese master stock braised beef short ribs.

About this producer

Established by the Church family in 1970, the well-regarded Warramate vineyard has since 2011 been part of neighbouring Yarra Yering, a Yarra Valley icon established in 1969 by Sydney-born Dr Bailey Carrodus. Yarra local Andrew Gorge has led the team looking after the vineyards since 2012, with Brokenwood alumna Sarah Crowe joining as his counterpart at the winery a year later.