Châteauneuf-du-Pape Pentacle Les Trois Routes 2019
- 94
- $132
- Drink by: 2025-2030
Share
Old Vines form organic practices and a blend of mostly 93% Grenache and a touch of 7% Cinsault. A marriage of ironstone, red blood plums and maple leaf. Redcurrants, dried cherries and bay leaves. There is the whiff of rose petal that lends itself well to the sappy satsuma plum skin on the palate. A hint of rolling tobacco and amaro bitterness. Tannins are silky and well integrated, leaving a carpet of red berries as the final echo. This is drinking beautifully now and will continue to evolve in the next 3-5 years. It’s a wine that simply could not be anything else than Châteauneuf-du-Pape, with all its presence and elegance. Drink with a warm heart and roasted game meats on the fire.
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.
