Paracombe Shiraz 2018
- 93
- $27
- Drink by: 2025-2031
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A meeting of blackberries and wild raspberries, held by chocolatey oak and coffee syrup spice. There is a lacework of clove, sage leaf and soft licorice too, some old fashioned pencil box. The palate delivers all that’s promised with thirst quenching acidity that brightens and enlivens, this is an excellent vintage that is only just finding its straps, another 3-6 years will allow it to develop its more grunge, earthy and red fruited side. For now this is an absolute steal at the price, don’t question it just buy multiple cases before the prices go up. What a country we live in when wine, this good, is so affordable. Serve it with a hearty lamb stew or cottage pie.
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.
