Joseph River Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2020
- 93
- $90
- Drink by: 2025-2035
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Fruit is from the Sheoak Vineyard in Yallingup, handpicked and fermented in small batches. Matured in French oak hogsheads for 16 months. Yallingup’s affinity for beautifully ripe fruit shines here in this 2020 vintage. Plum skin, blueberry and black cherries are met with black peppercorns, cardamom and poppy seed. There is a voluptuous nature to the fruit which is then contrasted by some firm tannins and pin point acidity, bay leaf and wild thyme too. This is drinking well but has the structure to go another decade. A real win for approachability and longevity. This would be beautiful with venison topped by berry and pepper sauce.
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.
