Meadowbank Syrah 2023, Meadowbank Estate, Derwent Valley Tasmania, is an elegant cool-climate revelation from vines planted in 1976 – a sophisticated step away from jammy Shiraz toward Northern Rhône finesse that’s tailor-made for Adelaide’s discerning palates. Purple and spicy on the nose, it unfurls fresh cherry-berry fruit, black pepper, twigs, cedar gloss and savoury shrubbery that captures the hidden valley’s wild intricacies.

The palate is satin-smooth and savoury, with punchy acid, refined filigreed tannins, bunchy complexity and a tonic-like energy that makes this Meadowbank Syrah 2023 dangerously drinkable now or cellar-worthy to 2030+. Matches fire-roasted lamb, wood-oven pizza, duck confit or mushroom tarts with earthy Tasmanian flair.​