Mt Bera Vineyards Ebullient Pinot Noir Cuvée Sparkling 2023
- 92
- $35
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Let’s be clear this is a sparkling red wine made with Pinot Noir. It’s elegant but dark glass bottle and name might trick you up. Don’t let that put you off because inside is a sweetly scented fizz of Bing cherries, sandalwood and persimmons. Acidity lifts the wine, its pinotesque fine tannins continue and you are left with a fairly dry taut finish. This is quite the character driven wine and a welcome addition to the dining table, think along the line of prosciutto wrapped grissini starters or even a whole baked snapper main. It’s not quite what you were expecting, in fact it’s more stimulating and for that I commend it.
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.
