Curtis Cavaliere Cabernet Sauvignon 2021
- 91
- $70
- Drink by: 2025-2033
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A woodsy tree herb is met with blackberries and dark plums. Lead pencil, cinnamon and caraway seed sit on the side lines. The palate shines a light on the Acai fruit with spearmint, boysenberries and graphite. Tannins sit upfront, gathered around the middle palate driving home some of the black toned fruit. The stellar vintage is showing in its integration of ripe fruit and slinky feel across the palate. This is in a nice drinking window, with another 5-8 years bringing forth those pencil box and treacle like elements. For now it would show off a well charred sirloin nicely.
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.
