Lienert Vineyards Barossa Valley Shiraz 2017
- 91
- $45
- Drink by: 2021-2027
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A tad old school Barossa, or is that bottle age speaking? Whatever it is, I like it. Maybe it’s a combination of both. There is a distinctive earth, smoky, leather scent that alerts the senses. This is no youngster.
It’s also reassuringly Barossa, generously so, but without the high alcohols and boldness. Red cherries, black berries, spice and chocolate roam the bouquet. Just as there is abundance of fruit, there is, in equal measure, a noticeable input from mocha, woodsy oak. It meets a light savoury, meatiness on the palate mixing with wild herbs, earth, leather. Tannins are sturdy but managed nicely. Altogether, it is in fine drinking form right now.
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.
