Altas Grenache Shiraz Mataro 2023

Fruit is sourced from the Clare Valley. Pomegranate, blackberries and wild strawberries. This leans into wild spice and all things nice. With a touch of bunch adding a briar of herbs, tarragon and rosemary alongside poppy seed and licorice root. Some middle palate weight adds a plummy character with clove and cola making an appearance too. This is very much a wine greater than the sum of its parts or at least more interesting than listing the varietal make up in percentages. Tannic and sultry and fine. So buy the wine, because of its intrigue, drink it with a heavily spiced Chana Masala curry and feel exotic. Drink now or will cellar for another 3-5 years.

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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