Hewitson The Ancients Shiraz, Barossa Valley 2019
- 90
- $50
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Concentrated and ripe dark plums dominate this wine that is dense and intense. A mouth-filling and voluptuous wine that tightens on the back palate with freshness and tannic grip. Some stalky notes add freshness giving way to intense Ribena and sweet plum compote. Tannins are serious, chalky and drying adding weight to this hefty style. A savoury dried mushroom finish adds a nice contrast to the mid palate fruit. Finish is long and intense.
Annette is currently the Group Beverage Manager for Solotel, a diverse hospitality group also having worked in some of Sydney’s finest restaurants as a sommelier including Banc, Claudes and Marque. She completed the rigorous Masters of Wine programme in 2020, was a professional winner in the 2014 Vin de Champagne Award, a Len Evans scholar and wine judge. She also is a fantastic communicator in wine and sprits including as a lecturer for the WSET.
