Handpicked Auburn Road Pinot Noir 2022
- 95
- $90
- Drink by: 2024-2029
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A single vineyard on the west side of the Tamar River. North facing slope and organic certified as of 2022. Rhubarb stem, Bing cherries and sandalwood. A potpourri of fragrant rosella, tulip and wild rose. Cocoa nib, aduzki bean and maple leaf are followed by sweet baking spices. It’s heady but delicate, red fruited but quite floral. Sweet oak suits the gravity of fruit here, and time will only continue to agree with this wine. There is richness to the palate with cherry bitters and clove spice surging through. A long flavour palate with resonating baking spices. This will cellar well for 3-5 years. A wonderful wine to serve with rich fatty pork dishes, the more unctuous the better.
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.
