1847 Gully Winds Vineyard Shiraz 2022

A wine that draws you in with its medley of blackberries, dark cherries and Ribena like cordial tones. There is worn leather, cigar cuttings and five spice, oak suits the richness of fruit and doesn’t overpower the hints of rosella and red plum that pops through on the palate. Acidity is perky and lifts this wine into more of a medium weighted style, there is still plenty of round sumptuousness on the middle palate and a gentle warmth on the finish. Carob and coffee speckled chocolate lingers on. This is drinking well now and will unfold more of those baking spices with another 5-8 years further. A wine for Thai skewered meats and peanut sauce.

Shanteh Wale

Contributor at Wine Companion

Shanteh cut her teeth at Sydney’s Award-Winning Quay restaurant where she worked for over a decade and was Head Sommelier from 2018 till 2022. She has been nominated for the Good Food Guide Sommelier of the Year award on three occasions and claims that her experience as a Len Evans scholar as one of the highlights of her career. Shanteh hosts her own weekly podcast ‘Over A Glass’ with the Deep in the Weeds Network and spends her time writing for various publications and judging at numerous wine shows across the country.

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