O’Leary Walker Grenache Shiraz Nero d’Avola 2022

  • 90
  • $35
  • Drink by: 2023-2026

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Say adieu to GSM and ciao to GSN. The inclusion of the über-friendly Italian, Nero d’Avola, into a traditional red blend incorporating Grenache and Shiraz is truly inspirational. Hats off to the O’Leary and Walker families. It’s fragrant – love the light florals with violet leading from the front – starting off in black fruits, cherry (lots of cherry) with leafy herbals in support. Moves into a medium bodied, easy going tempo on the palate filled in by sweet fruit and spices with an enticing splash of pepper. Tannins remain friendly and supple as does the wine.

Jeni Port
Wine critic at Winepilot

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.

Wine writer and critic
Pilot
Jeni Port
Date
Variety: Red Wine, Grenache, Shiraz
Categories: Drinks, Australian Wines