Leconfield Shiraz 2022
- 94
- $28
- Drink by: 2025-2037
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A ripe, warm-hearted young Shiraz displaying not only some attractive fruit but also well-tuned oak treatment. The sweet, toasty oak contribution is noted and while it is not a silent partner it is partnered with lively black and red fruits which are more than capable of meeting the oak’s match. Shiraz fruit doesn’t blink as it brings its own share of spice, chocolate, anise, sage and generous earthiness with a touch of leather to the glass. Clean and bright acidity flows through to a brisk, dry finish. Set to age reliably for the medium term or more.
Jeni Port is one of Australia’s top wine communicators. Based in Melbourne, Jeni created the first wine column in the (then) Sun News-Pictorial before moving over to The Age and becoming that paper’s longest-serving wine writer. Over the years she has written for most Australian wine magazines and these days calls WinePilot home. She is also a Tasting Panel member on the Halliday Wine Companion. She was named Wine Communicator of the Year and Legend of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival in 2014 and in 2018 Legend of the Vine. She is a founding board member of Australian Women In Wine and is the co-deputy chair of Australia’s Wine List of the Year Awards and China’s Wine List of the Year Awards.
