Lienert Vineyards Jack West Grenache Shiraz Mataro 2020
- 91
- $25
- Drink by: 2021-2027
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Fruit is the thing here. There’s a lot of it, in a good, ripe, robust, compelling kind of way.The fruit captures the energy of the Jack West brand which is all about approachable wine drinking with a dash of class. For $25 you get your money’s worth.
Deep, dark stewed plums, blackberries, some mataro peppery-thyme spice and chocolate richness lifts the bouquet. Runs smooth and plentiful over the tongue assisted by a pronounced (in a good way) tannin structure and warm, gentle oak. Dares to even add a touch of complexity. Nice.
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.
