Bekkers Syrah 2024
- 96
- $120
- Drink by: 2026-2036
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A blend of five parcels from Clarendon 40% and Seaview 60%. 18% whole bunch is used. Like kneeling amongst a thicket of blackberries, this is dense with brambly dark berries, elderberries and wild plums. Spices are exotic, Long pepper and tamarind, with savoury Nyon olive and oregano leaf. The sultry, velvety nature of this wine is key to its consistent success, feeling luxurious on the palate but with uplifting freshness and poise. There is some soft licorice and cocoa nib too. A seductive wine on release and there after. Cellar for up to 10 years. Try this with something like lean gamey venison.
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.
