Chalk Hill Alpha Crucis Sirius Shiraz 2022
- 96
- $150
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The nose is so intense and poised to be almost intoxicating. Redolent of blue violets, incense, cedar, açai berries, mulberries, black cherries and plums, vanillin, and an earthy accent of bush tomato leaf. In the mouth, what is striking is the dustiness of the tannins, which are also quite pumped in their shape, like a young block at the gym. Yet, it possesses a mellow side of vanilla and cedar from the oak, caressed by elegant freshness, a well-polished set of blue and black wild berry fruit and an attractive savoury finale. Plenty of time ahead and occasions to savour it.
Lisa Cardelli is an Italian-born wine professional who has been based in Melbourne since 2010. She worked as a sommelier in some of the city’s leading fine-dining restaurants for over ten years before leaving hospitality to become a wine sales representative. Lisa is now a journalist for Il Globo, the newspaper for Italians in Australia and around the world, where she also curates her own wine column. She continues to write about wine for both local and international publications and is on track to become one of the few prolific bilingual wine writers in Australia. A certified WSET Educator, she teaches at various venues across Melbourne. She also judges at local wine shows and for the prestigious Australia’s Wine List of the Year Awards and China’s Wine List of the Year Awards. Lisa was the recipient of the 2022 Wine Communicators of Australia award for Best Published Feature Article, a finalist for the same award in 2024, the recipient of the 2022 Sydney Royal Wine Professional Development Scholarship sponsored by the Len Evans Foundation, and one of twelve carefully selected Len Evans Scholars in 2024.
