Kirkton Estate The James Reserve Shiraz 2021
- 94
- $35
- Drink by: 2024-2039
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Goji berry, red currants and pomegranate juice. A blackberry or two. Fresh grated nutmeg, white pepper and silver needle tea. Old fashioned wooden tool box, tobacco leaf and dried coffee beans. Sweet vanilla bean, paprika and dark chocolate shavings. Free flowing natural acidity is the key factor that indicates the moderate Hunter Valley region here. It’s compressed without being heavy, slinky without being simple. It’s tailored and made to measure. It reminds me of the kind of Hunter wines I fell in love with years ago. Drinking well now and will cellar gracefully over 8-15 years. Drink with a well seasoned pork chop, sage and brown butter.
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.
