DEFIALY

2025 DEFIALY 'Symbiosis' Syrah

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DEFIALY  |  McLaren Vale  |  Shiraz


About the Wine

In 2025, Defialy & four other producers were selected to take part in Inkwell Wines’ Hacking the Future of Shiraz project. Each producer was given one tonne of Inkwell’s premium McLaren Vale Shiraz grapes to craft a wine in their own unique way.

Inkwell Wines are Australia’s first certified regenerative organic vineyard.

The inspiration for my wine came from my love of Gamay. I wanted to make a Shiraz with the same weight, structure and elegance — something that could also be served chilled, as Gamay can.

100% whole bunches were foot-stomped and left to macerate for three hours before being pressed off, then fermented and aged in two 200L clay amphorae and one 300L old French barrel. Nine months élevage. Bottled October 2025.

A step up from a rosé — with only three hours on skins — yet from the deep crimson colour, you wouldn’t think so. Bright, red-fruited and floral, with light tannin, balanced acidity and a lovely chewy texture and length.

Unfiltered and unfined, with no additions apart from 10ppm SO₂ added at blending.

- Micah Hewitt, Winemaker

 

About DEFIALY  

Based in the Macedon Ranges, Micah Hewitt's background as a butcher and love for pairing good wholesome country-style food with honest wines provides abundant inspiration for his DEFIALY label. But most significantly, his spark ignites from his parents and the love they shared for each other as well as Micah and his sister Amber.

DEFIALY is an acronym for "Don't ever forget I'll always love you" which is Micah's way of carrying on his parents tradition of signing all cards with DEFIALY. How beautiful.    

 

Snapshot  

Region: McLaren Vale, SA 

Country: Australia  

Alcohol: 13.5%  

Vintage: 2025

Size: 750ml  

Closure: Wax sealed cork  

Varieties: Syrah

Style: Light Red

Additional Info: Don’t Ever Forget I'll Always Love You

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2025 DEFIALY 'Symbiosis' Syrah
$38.00

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