Flametree Shiraz 2023
- 93
- $35
- Drink by: 2025-2029
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A potent mix of blood plums, steeped boysenberries and squashed mulberries. Black olives sit side by side with rosemary and thyme. A hint of clove studs and granitic, sandy potting soil. There is almost a pillow of blue fruit too, its assertive tannins provide the framework to hang the lush fruit upon. A sappy wine with stuffing that manages to still have an ease to the drinkability and leisure like quality of the overall product. It’s tip top! Drink now or will cellar well for another 2-4 years. This would look the bees knees beside a butchers trimmed lamb cutlet.
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.
