Bird on a Wire Syrah 2017

Bird on a Wire Syrah 2017Named after the Leonard Cohen song of the same name, Bird On A Wire is a small wine producer in the Yarra Valley run by winemaker Caroline Mooney. Bird On A Wire wines are generous and flavourful, refined and elegant. The focus is on small, single vineyard sites owned by growers committed to producing outstanding grapes. The sites are selected for their suitability to each variety Shiraz, Marsanne, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. Caroline has a special

and in Tim Kirk's descriptive prose: 'a warm-hearted

The vineyard has some of world's oldest productive vines

The grapes were gently pressed and the juice settled

its usual blend of 60% pinot noir and 40% chardonnay seems reversed

the aromas fresh and leaping from the glass with honey and sweet citrus blossom aromas

This was during a time when Tasmanian Chardonnay and Pinot Noir was starting to make waves on the Australian wine media circuit

it was not the base that will be used for the Rosé Impérial but the base for the white Impérial

diminutive lover of bubbly

From then on

gathered and applied in such a way that it's perfect

has less gravel

The depth and length of the wine