Sutton Grange Winery is set in the granite country between Bendigo and the Macedon Ranges in central Victoria, farming organically grown estate vineyards on decomposed granite soils at cool elevation. The Fairbank range is the estate's medium-bodied, earlier-drinking tier, and its Syrah leans to a cooler-climate expression, with the pepper and spice that mark the site. The 2021 Victorian vintage was widely regarded as excellent, an even, temperate season that produced red wines of freshness, fine tannin and good structure, evident in this Syrah's balance of ripe fruit and cool-climate lift.

Fruit is fermented in a medium-bodied, restrained style, with gentle extraction to preserve the sleek, expressive palate and even-handed tannins that define the Fairbank Syrah. Maturation in oak, largely older, adds subtle spice and structure without dominating the black cherry, blueberry and plum fruit. The wine is built to drink well on release yet reward medium-term cellaring. Alcohol is around 13.5%.