Shiraz Gamay
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed within 1–5 years of vintage release to preserve its fresh, vibrant fruit profile.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Charcuterie and cured meats, grilled pork sausages, roasted duck breast
✨ Technical Specifications
Crafted by the adventurous Australian winemaker Mark Haisma, this Vin de France is a playful and rebellious nod to both his heritage and his adopted home in Burgundy. The Shiraz Gamay blend resurrects a historic, cross-regional blending philosophy, reminiscent of the classic mid-20th-century Australian 'claret' style that blended Shiraz with lighter varieties. By marrying the dark, peppery, and structured character of Rhône Syrah with the vibrant, high-toned, and juicy fruit of Gamay, Haisma bypasses rigid appellation constraints to create a wine of pure pleasure. The result is an energetic, medium-bodied red that balances savory spice with bright red-berry crunch, showcasing Haisma's signature low-intervention, fruit-forward style. It is a delicious testament to what happens when New World curiosity meets Old World terroir.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 2007 by Australian winemaker Mark Haisma, formerly head winemaker alongside Dr. Bailey Carrodus at Yarra Yering, this micro-négociant and domaine operation is anchored in Gevrey-Chambertin. Transitioning from an artisan négociant sourcing fruit across the Côte de Nuits and Côte de Beaune to an estate vigneron with parcels in Gevrey and the northern Mâconnais, Haisma pursues an organic viticultural philosophy with minimal cellar intervention. His winemaking focuses on gentle extraction, judicious use of whole clusters, ambient yeast fermentations, and neutral oak to highlight transparent site expression rather than cellar imprint. Alongside benchmark village and premier cru Burgundies such as Gevrey-Chambertin and Volnay, Haisma crafts northern Rhône Syrah and cheeky, iconoclastic bottlings such as 'A Bogan in Bogandy' and his Mâconnais-grown Shiraz, delivering wines defined by mineral tension, savory freshness, and precise fruit purity.
🍇 Grapes
Syrah, Gamay