Barratt HSV Gamay 2023
- 92
- $47
- Drink by: 2024
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Fruit is from the Hill Smith Vineyard located in Woodside. Destemmed whole berries are carefully handled and maturation occurs for six months in French oak. A sultry perfume of boysenberries, blackcurrant, juniper and lilac unfolds. There is sandalwood and boot polish. Granite and charcoal. Fruit is bursting at the seams with flavour, crunch and vibrancy. Oak appears to just soften the chiselled edges but doesn’t deter from the main attraction. It’s all about Gamay. Gamay Gamay Gamay! It’s clear and defined and the wine is a celebration of it flourishing here in Woodside. A triumph. Drink now with a duck Thai red curry and be smitten with your life choices.
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.
