In Dreams Pinot Noir 2023
- 92
- $32
- Drink by: 2024-2028
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Mostly destemmed berries with a small proportion of whole bunches around 5%. Open top fermenters for 12 days and pressed to 15% new oak for maturation. Glace cherries, redcurrants on the vine and cranberry juice. A hint of rose and cherry blossom. Cold peach tea and cinnamon dust. A crunch of red apple skin and savoury black tea tannins. There is heft from black plum fruit on the back palate which asserts itself for ageability. There is good detail and persistence here, with a pretty perfume and liveliness. Drink now and will reward with 3-4 years cellaring. A lovely pairing might be pork and fennel sausages.
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.
