Peter Lehmann The Eternal Optimist Shiraz 2023
- 91
- $35
- Drink by: 2024-2027
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As pretty as a picture, such is the forest berry hues in the glass. You’ll be met with Gala toffee apple, fresh raspberries and pomegranate juice. A touch of mulberry and Acai berry. There is rosehip and fig jam with clove, boot polish and new leather. The palate is silky smooth with steep acidity that makes for a crunchy wine. Tannins hold the structure in place but it’s effortless. The intensity of the Barossa with a modern positive outlook, as the eternal optimist rings true. Drink now and will cellar for another 3 years. A lovely wine for a slow cooked ragu.
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.
