Battely Syrah 2005 Thursday, Aug 2 2007
Tasting Notes and Australia and Beechworth and Variety and Red and shiraz et al
Battely must be the most widely misspelled Australian winery name after Plantagenet I would think. Admittedly, I also have a bugger of a time getting De Iuliis right too…oh and Tyrrells often misses an ‘r’.
Aromas of blackberry, raspberry liqueur, lots of cracked pepper and spice, apricot kernel and new leather. Subtle oak very much in the background. On the palate full bodied and packed with plum, raspberry, apricot kernel, spice and pepper. Intense plush fruit with savoury black olive and leather flavours. Warm and spicy with fine (deceptively) soft tannins and long fractionally hot and spicy baked fruit finish. It has a louder more robust personality that the seductive 2004 but has plenty of class nonetheless.
Other vintages reviewed : 2004, 2002
Rated : 93 Points
Tasted : Aug07
Alcohol : 15.5%
Price : $50
Closure : Cork
Drink : 2007 - 2017+
Source : Winery Sample
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3 Responses to “Battely Syrah 2005”
August 2nd, 2007 at 6:37 pm
Isn’t your nick-name Battely boy?
August 2nd, 2007 at 7:39 pm
Hello Gary
talking about Tyrrell’s…
Are they related to the German Riesling
producers with the same name?
Cheers
Mike1
March 13th, 2008 at 2:12 am
As an aside, the 2005 Durif is now available from CD for $35/bott. Shoot Russell an email if interested.