Dellys Vineyard The Treetop Shiraz 2015

Former Blue Pyrenees Estate chief winemaker, Vincent Gere, works for Remy Martin as its Asia Pacific Director, but his thoughts are never too far away from the Pyrenees. He and his family own Dellys, a vineyard close by his former workplace, Blue Pyrenees Estate. Dellys offers a glimpse into an Australian-French wine mindset, one devoted to bountiful fruit, structure and longevity. The Treetop 2015 shiraz captures the Gere philosophy beautifully: archetypal Pyrenees Shiraz in aroma and flavour, and still tasting downright youthful as an eight-year-old. Brings ripe, sweet fruit in black cherry, plum and blackcurrant together, enhanced by Australian bush scents, including gum leaf – so Pyrenees – with woodsy spice. Oak tannins aren’t shy but well-delivered, fitting in beautifully with the overall richness of the wine. Love the fruit intensity and vitality.

Jeni Port

Wine critic at Winepilot

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.

Wine writer and critic