Cape Mentelle Shiraz 2017
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Generous and complex, I urge you to keep spinning and keep sniffing – there’s plenty to enjoy here. Pristine dark fruits gleam in your mind’s eye along with Sichuan pepper, earl gray, cured pork fat. There’s a leatheriness that makes me miss the jacket I had as a student. Time in a decanter will elicit the full spectrum of aromas. Tannin is dry and fruit spicy (vanilla, white pepper and nutmeg) but the juiciness of dark cherry and plum run up and down the sides of the palate like a skateboarder in a half pipe. There’s a freshness of acidity and a rich length reminiscent of the last sip of hot chocolate. A scintillating, stimulating shiraz.
Morgan Dunn was a Melbourne based sommelier with over 10 years of experience. He was one of our very first Winepilots and wrote a regular wine column for The Australian and contributed to various publications including Noble Rot. In 2017 he was named 'Emerging Wine Writer of the Year' at the Louis Roederer International Wine Writers' Awards as well as receiving the Wine Communicators of Australia award for 'Best Published Feature Article or Wine Column'. He spoke Japanese and was planning to write a book on Tokyo wine bars and wine culture in Japan. In his spare time Morgan played piano, enjoyed snowboarding and went to Escape Rooms with his twin brother. He is deeply missed by many.
