Kirrihill E.B Gleeson ‘The Peacemaker’ Cabernet Shiraz 2018
- 94
- $65
- Drink by: 2022 - 2030
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Lots of incredible history here. The E.B. Gleeson Collection is named after Edward Burton Gleeson, the original founder of the Clare Valley. Cabernet is 60% of the blend and 40% is made up shiraz. A great example of an iconic Aussie blend; I used to love selling wine from this category when I worked the floor in restaurants. The cabernet brings the florals, acidity and tannins – violets and potpourri, and the riper blackcurrant undertones. Shiraz add plumpness and mouth puckering dark red fruit and pepper spice.
Matt Dunne is one of Sydney’s finest sommeliers and communicators who is also the Group Wine Ambassador for the Joval Wine Group. He has created and managed wine lists for over 30 venues including ARIA Sydney, Opera Bar and Chiswick. In 2011 Matt won the Sydney Morning Herald’s 2011 ‘Good Food Guide Louis Roederer Sommelier of the Year’ and his team won the 2015 Wine List of the Year in the Good Food Guide for ARIA Sydney plus he was a Len Evans Scholar. Matt has tremendous knowledge of wine, beer and spirits, and has written his own wine blog for over 8 years.
