Porcupine Ridge Syrah/Viognier 2012

Wines made from the syrah grape variety are the perfect fit for that autumn-into-winter feeling when the air smells of mulched-up leaves and bonfire smoke, and the dark nights have us slow-cooking stews and soups. The stylistic range is wide: from the supple and succulent to the dark and sumptuous, but there's often an underlying savoury quality to syrah (aka shiraz) - a shake of pepper, a meatiness - no matter how or, equally important, where it's made ... . For value ...Marc Kent's smoky, juicy Porcupine Ridge is hard to beat. (David Williams, theguardian.com, Nov. 16, 2013)