Konpira Maru Verdelho La Douche Tropicale Granite Belt 2021

This stripped-back, cool-climate Syrah feels like a walk through the Aussie bush on a damp, autumn day. It evokes fresh black-cherry and raspberry fruit, with notes of spicy underbrush, dried flower and wet-stone minerals.

It's medium weight, with a gentle but present line of sappy tannins amid the crunchy fruit. At just 10.3% alcohol and under a crown cap, this is a wine for drinking young, fast and ideally slightly chilled.