Bekkers Syrah Grenache 2022
- 95
- $90
- Drink by: 2024-2030
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This years make up consists of 75% Syrah and 25% Grenache from 8 selected vineyards. An average of 18% whole bunches, natural fermentation and basket pressed to 500L French oak and concrete tank. Wild raspberry core with inky blackberries, tonka bean and licorice. Allspice, clove and cardamom. Decadent on the palate with supple tannins and elongated persistence of flavour. Blackcurrant wine gums, vanilla bean and dark chocolate curls. It’s drinking very well now and will cellar 2-6 years. This is a compact wine full of detail and craftsmanship but feels natural and unadorned. Drink with beef empanada or beef wellington.
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.
