Swinney ‘Farvie’ & The Year Of Syrah / Grenache - 2024
“A Tale of Greatness” [Halliday]: The Farvie Flagships - 2022 Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre
“Swinney’s Farvie wines are a tale of greatness.” James Halliday, The Weekend Australian
“History may show that the Swinney Farvie Frankland River Grenache 2020 was the wine that redefined this variety in WA” Ray Jordan, Wine Pilot
“Swinney is in the process of making a very powerful statement about the Frankland River region via the delivery of these world-class wines.” Erin Larkin, The Wine Advocate
“This elite scion of the Swinney portfolio debuted with the 2018 vintage, and in five short years, Farvie has carved out an indelible identity right at the top tier of the world wine scene.” Matthew Jukes, matthewjukes.com
“The scale of the vineyard, coupled with their pinpoint focus and pursuit of innovation, and the quality of the resulting wines, is truly extraordinary and inspiring.” 2020 Vineyard of the Year, Young Gun of Wine Vineyard of the Year Awards
"There is no question that this vineyard and the style being crafted under one of Australia’s finest winemakers, Rob Mann, have redefined syrah and grenache. These are now the established benchmarks and should be on the buy-now list for anyone with an interest in contemporary Australian wine."
Ray Jordan, The West Australian
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2022 Farvie Syrah - 6 x Available
99 Points Ray Jordan, rayjordanwine.com
19.5+ Points Matthew Jukes, matthewjukes.com
97 Points James Halliday, The Weekend Australian
2021 Farvie Syrah 24 x Available
Syrah of the Year Ray Jordan WA Wine Guide 2024
98 Points Ray Jordan, Winepilot.com
98 Points Ken Gargett, Winepilot.com
97+ Points, Erin Larkin, The Wine Advocate
19 Points Matthew Jukes, matthewjukes.com
2020 Farvie Syrah 9 x Available
19.3 Points, JJ
98 Points, Ray Jordan, Winepilot.com
97+ Points, Erin Larkin, The Wine Advocate
19.5 Points Matthew Jukes, matthewjukes.com
18 Points Jancis Robinson MW, jancisrobinson.com
97 Points Erin Larkin, Halliday Wine Companion
2019 Farvie Syrah 6 x Available
Syrah of the Year Ray Jordan
98 Points Erin Larkin, James Halliday Wine Companion
98 Points Ray Jordan, The West Australian
19.5 Points Matthew Jukes, matthewjukes.com
17++ Points Jancis Robinson MW, jancisrobinson.com
2018 Farvie Syrah - Sold Out
98 Points, Huon Hooke, The Real Review
98 Points, Ray Jordan, The West Australian
97 Points Jeremy Oliver, jeremyoliver.com
17+ Points Jancis Robinson MW, jancisrobinson.com
2022 Farvie Grenache 13 x Available
Grenache of the Year Ray Jordan WA Wine Guide 2024
98 Points Ray Jordan, rayjordanwine.com
19+ Points Matthew Jukes, matthewjukes.com
2020 Farvie Grenache 3 x Available
Wine of the Year – Ray Jordan’s WA Wine Review 2023
Red Wine of the Year – Ray Jordan’s WA Wine Review 2023
Grenache of the Year – Ray Jordan’s WA Wine Review 2023
19.5 Points Matthew Jukes, matthewjukes.com
96 Points Erin Larkin, Halliday Wine Companion
17.5 Points Jancis Robinson MW, jancisrobinson.com
2019 Farvie Grenache - Sold Out
98 Points Ray Jordan, The West Australian
19 Points Matthew Jukes, matthewjukes.com
2018 Farvie Grenache - Sold Out
98 Points Ray Jordan, The West Australian
19.5 Points Matthew Jukes, matthewjukes.com
18 Points, Jancis Robinson MW, jancisrobinson.com
97 Points Huon Hooke, The Real Review
2022 Farvie Mourvèdre - Sold Out
Cassandra Charlick Top WA Wines 2023, Decanter
98 Points Cassandra Charlick, Decanter
98 Points Ray Jordan, rayjordanwine.com
19.5+ Points Matthew Jukes, matthewjukes.com
2021 Farvie Mourvèdre - Sold Out
99 Points James Halliday, Top 100 Wines 2023
98 Points Erin Larkin, Robert Parker The Wine Advocate
98 Points Ray Jordan, 2023 WA Wine Review
98 Points Matthew Jukes, Decanter
The Swinney Farvie ‘Syrah’ 2022 takes top spot in Max Allen’s recent article on Australian Syrah JancisRobinson.com.
“These days, more and more producers of Australian Shiraz are choosing to call their wines Syrah with good reason, because the wines inside the bottles do indeed align with what the name suggests: they’re more medium-bodied, spicier and more floral in aromatic profile, with finer, more sinewy tannins – all characteristics that are potentially favoured in a cooler vintage.
Good examples of Australian Syrah tend to come from cooler, higher regions such as southern Victoria, Beechworth, Canberra and the Adelaide Hills. They usually sit closer to 13% than 14% alcohol, often include a significant proportion of whole bunches in the ferment and seldom see much – or any – new-oak maturation.”
Max Allen, JancisRobinson.com
18/20 points, Max Allen
For me, this is the best of the three single-block, single-varietal reds – Syrah, Grenache and Mourvèdre – released under Swinney’s top, Farvie label from 2022 (in previous vintages the Grenache has often been the standout). Ambient-yeast fermented in oak vat and demi-muids, 65% whole bunch, 14 months in seasoned large-format oak before bottling.
This is a very arresting and confident wine, a textbook expression of Syrah, with lifted dark swirling aromas of spice and a twist of iodine, then tangy, sinewy, spicy, black-fruited and glossy in the mouth, finishing with long, well-framed tannins.
- Drink 2024 – 2037