Payne’s Rise Redlands Shiraz 2022
- 93
- $39
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70% of fruit is de-stemmed with no crushing, 12 months of barrel maturation, bottled unfined and unfiltered. The name redlands is not left to chance here, with savoury opening notes of ironstone and bresaola-like, which speaks loudly of its rich red volcanic light clay soil- red ferrosol. Follows a mix of earthy, fruity and spicy notes of sarsaparilla, beetroot root, juicy blackberries and blueberries, polished leather, vanilla pods, and green peppercorns. The chunky tannins are levigated by the tonic acidity, and, once again, the savouriness and earthiness alternate with a black and blue-shaded fruit medley and a bramble note from the little stems left during fermentation. While it implores to be drunk right now, it has the pedigree to age for a little longer.
Lisa Cardelli is an Italian-born wine professional who has been based in Melbourne since 2010. She worked as a sommelier in some of the city’s leading fine-dining restaurants for over ten years before leaving hospitality to become a wine sales representative. Lisa is now a journalist for Il Globo, the newspaper for Italians in Australia and around the world, where she also curates her own wine column. She continues to write about wine for both local and international publications and is on track to become one of the few prolific bilingual wine writers in Australia. A certified WSET Educator, she teaches at various venues across Melbourne. She also judges at local wine shows and for the prestigious Australia’s Wine List of the Year Awards and China’s Wine List of the Year Awards. Lisa was the recipient of the 2022 Wine Communicators of Australia award for Best Published Feature Article, a finalist for the same award in 2024, the recipient of the 2022 Sydney Royal Wine Professional Development Scholarship sponsored by the Len Evans Foundation, and one of twelve carefully selected Len Evans Scholars in 2024.
