2022 Vignerons Schmolzer & Brown Thorley Syrah

If you love elegant, detailed, perfumed, Northern Rhone-inspired Syrah/Shiraz, then look no further.

Tessa and Jeremy's site, their "first child", is the Thorley vineyard. It sits high in the back hills of Beechworth near the township of Stanley, with the vines all lovingly planted by friends and family. It's the highest altitude site in the region, and during winter, snow is not uncommon.

This is a true cool-climate Syrah - dark-fruited, uber-perfumed and spicy, with detail and freshness. Northern Rhone meets Beechworth, meets yum-town!

96 points
"So good on so many levels. Delights the senses with its vision of a fragrant, elegant, spice-laced syrah showcasing the beauty of a leading cool-climate region. Complex in toasted spices, pepper, red cherry, plum, and briar running long across a smoothly textured, well-composed palate. Great balance."
- Jeni Port (Halliday Wine Companion)

95 points
"There’s lots going on here... So little of this wine is about fruit, and it’s so damn good. Another classy, fine and brilliantly complex release from VS&B."
- Tom Kline (Wine Pilot)