Austins Crue Syrah 2012

Austins ‘Crue’ Syrah 2012 (Geelong, Vic)
13.5%, Screwcap, $23
Source: Sample
www.austinswines.com.au

A lovely, bright purple coloured drink it is too, full of that carbonic maceration influenced, squished berry juiciness and just-bottled super freshness.

This is a deliberately light boned wine, with nothing profound but plenty of plum skin, Beaujolais-esque jubey purple fruits, topped off with a hint of Geelong Shiraz ham and white pepper.

The intensity suggests reasonable quality grapes though, so its not a ham-fisted, residual sugar driven, focus group concocted red.

Ultimately I can see a definite place for this in the wine world – you can just imagine drinking this out of highballs, like a grown up sangria (but not made with shit wine and cans of pineapple juice).

Entirely likeable.

Drink: 2013-2014
Score: 16.5/20, 88/100
Would I buy it? Perhaps a little