Jilyara The Williams’ Block Cabernet Sauvignon 2021
- 93
- $75
- Drink by: 2024-2032
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Blackberry, bramble and mulberry. Sage leaf, winter pine and cherry chocolate. A hint of clove, cardamom and cassia bark. Hot cocoa and Woodear mushroom. A quiet wine that is running its own race. Tannins are fine and silty but persistent which adds surprisingly solid foundations. Acidity keeps pace. This is sultry and beckoning and still has a ways to go to truly flourish. An impressive wine in a challenging year. Drink now and will cellar another 6-8 years thanks to those smartly tailored tannins. A nice pairing for beef brisket or a juicy sirloin.
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.
