Harvey River Estate Shiraz 2022
- 92
- $30
- Drink by: 2024-2028
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Hails from the Geographe region and sandy soils so expect a medium bodied Shiraz, quite linear and finely textured. Brings an energy to the glass, flowing easily as it works its charm. There’s definitely a sense of place, too, with scents of briar, acacia, earth, bramble, sage and black fruits. It’s at one with its locale, its terroir, of the Aussie bush, bay leaf and acacia against a background rich in black fruit intensity and spice. Tannins are fine and well structured, oak melds well in its supporting role. I am thinking more immediate drinking pleasure than cellaring. This delightful Geographe Shiraz is ready to impress now.
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.
