Frankland Estate Syrah Smith Cullam Frankland River 2020

Frankland Estate Syrah Smith Cullam Frankland River 2020Frankland Estate was founded in 1988 by Barrie Smith and Judi Cullam the "Smith Cullam" in this wine's name a direct tribute to them. Before planting a single vine, they toured French vineyards and worked two vintages at Chteau Snejac in Bordeaux, then brought that Old World sensibility back to one of the most remote corners of Western Australia. The Isolation Ridge vineyard sits on part of a farm where the Smith family ran a wool growing enterprise

and just enough buzzing acidity to keep things fresh

the 2022 No

Napanook is the estate’s second wine

This is a beautiful wine with supersoft tannins and an everlasting finish

and Brancellao grapes in 2001

The source vineyard was planted with native Bastardo

The 2014 vintage shows incredible tension between power and precision

The other 5% of fruit comes from Pelissa Vineyard in Oakville

and mouthwateringly fresh

and exotic spices like star anise and brown cardamom

this iconic Gran Riserva is the winery’s very best wine

who follows his father’s traditional methods to maintain the gems that come from the family’s magnificent vineyard holdings and continue expressing the best of their unique appellations