Parker Coonawarra Estate 95 Block Cabernet Sauvignon/Petit Verdot 2018
- $65
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Soft liquorice and late picked blackberries, dried red currants, black olive and thyme. This block was planted in 1995 from original cuttings and showcases the intensity of cabernet fruit, and the addition of co-fermented petit verdot really adds the extra tannin and violet aromatics. A powerhouse of fruit and frame which bodes extremely well with puttanesca pasta or thyme and olive focaccia with lamb spare ribs. I’d be inclined to lay down a few in the back corners of your cellar for this wine which punches above its price tag.
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.
