Carlei Green Vineyards Cuvée Stephen Thomson Shiraz 2017
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- $59
- Drink by: 2022-2027
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Stephen Thomson was a cellar hand who worked with Sergio Carlei at his Upper Beaconsfield winery. The winemaker has described him as “a force behind Carlei Wines.” This Heathcote shiraz is dedicated to his memory. The Cuvée boasts the hallmarks of Heathcote shiraz: the warmth of ripe, plush black fruit, the earthiness – with the region’s strong mineral composition apparent- spice and chocolate. The medium-bodied wine is guided by firm tannins – not exactly forceful – but they nevertheless make their presence known as the wine finishes with a dusty, cherry-pip tannin dryness. That astringent grip makes it a wine intended to accompany food.
Jeni Port is one of Australia’s top wine communicators. Based in Melbourne, Jeni created the first wine column in the (then) Sun News-Pictorial before moving over to The Age and becoming that paper’s longest-serving wine writer. Over the years she has written for most Australian wine magazines and these days calls WinePilot home. She is also a Tasting Panel member on the Halliday Wine Companion. She was named Wine Communicator of the Year and Legend of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival in 2014 and in 2018 Legend of the Vine. She is a founding board member of Australian Women In Wine and is the co-deputy chair of Australia’s Wine List of the Year Awards and China’s Wine List of the Year Awards.
