Handpicked Capella Vineyard Mornington Peninsula Pinot Noir 2023
- 95
- $90
- Drink by: 2025-2029
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A mix of MV6 and 115 tipped into open fermenters and aged in French oak of which 33% was new. Colour here already indicates the quality of berries, this could be years younger on sight. A focused line of red and black cherries, some fresh raspberry and lilac florals. The palate drives Christmas cherries home with lingering tobacco pouch and gritty but chewy tannins. A wine with purity and poise. Pumice stone and friable grey rock finishes its mineral tone. A no brainer when it comes to cellarability, say another 4-5 years further. A nice wine for greeting dusk with a pork terrine en croute.
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.
