Swinney Vineyards, Farvie Frankland River Syrah, 2019 (Case) Vista Alegre pears and a tangy hit

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Swinney Vineyards, Farvie Frankland River Syrah, 2019 (Case) Vista Alegre pears and a tangy hitThis both looks and smells dark purple. On the nose, whortleberry, aronia and purple grape at first; revealing nuances of clove, star anise, stargazer lily, musk, leather and iron as it opens in the glass. In the mouth, it is super refined: intense and concentrated in flavour, while having gorgeous soft succulence of texture. There is a sprinkling of powdery tannin discernible but oh so delicate. Undoubtedly a great wine, it would be intriguing to