Voyager Margaret River Shiraz 2009
Cliff Royle may have set the cracking pace, but there has been no slowing down. Voyager Estate are well and truly in the magical upper echelon of Margaret River royalty wineries.
Beautiful aromatics that encourage and tempt. Tiny candied fruits, cassis and mulberry then dig deeper and find wafts of ground coffee and baking spice. The palate is oh-so lithe and judiciously metered with a fine, feathery line of tannins and a gently, burry char. It’s hard not to embrace the swathe of bright fruit flavours at play and the wine lingers through a fine, euro-accented, savoury finish. This is impressively formed, supple, sensual and seductive Margaret River Shiraz at its best. Pretty to drink, now, and in time. Drink : 2011 - 2019 $38 94+ Points Mike Bennie, The Wine Front
Cliff Royle may have set the cracking pace, but there has been no slowing down. Voyager Estate are well and truly in the magical upper echelon of Margaret River royalty wineries.
Beautiful aromatics that encourage and tempt. Tiny candied fruits, cassis and mulberry then dig deeper and find wafts of ground coffee and baking spice. The palate is oh-so lithe and judiciously metered with a fine, feathery line of tannins and a gently, burry char. It’s hard not to embrace the swathe of bright fruit flavours at play and the wine lingers through a fine, euro-accented, savoury finish. This is impressively formed, supple, sensual and seductive Margaret River Shiraz at its best. Pretty to drink, now, and in time. Drink : 2011 - 2019 $38 94+ Points Mike Bennie, The Wine Front
Winemaker notes
The 2009 Shiraz is a rich and concentrated wine with fine, silky tannins reflecting the warm, extended ripening season. Small-batch fermentation and sensitive winemaking practices were used to allow the purity of fruit from our vineyards to be fully expressed. It is an impressive wine that continues the evolution of this variety at Voyager Estate
The 2009 Shiraz is a rich and concentrated wine with fine, silky tannins reflecting the warm, extended ripening season. Small-batch fermentation and sensitive winemaking practices were used to allow the purity of fruit from our vineyards to be fully expressed. It is an impressive wine that continues the evolution of this variety at Voyager Estate
Margaret River Shiraz has often stayed in the shadow of higher profile Margaret River wines made from Chardonnay and Cabernet. Is this a fair reflection of the quality of the Shiraz wines coming from this premium wine region? With our growing understanding of how this variety performs in the cool, maritime climate of Margaret River, with its gravelly loam soils, the Shirazes coming out of the region are starting to define a style of their own.
