Pirie Traditional Method Sparkling 2021
- 95
- $55
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A fine wine with great complexity with a good balance of yeasty bread notes and the ethereally crunchy and lifted citrus we know and love of Tamar. There is some white apple flesh, sourdough starter and crumbly shortbread. There is some richness of cumin and dustings of cinnamon, could be from some subtle oak aging but unsure. What is compelling is the time of lees and breath that this wine has whilst teetering on its tip toes of fine acidity and delicate tendrils of bubbles. An excellent wine for aperitif and to enjoy right throughout a meal. In particular fried whole snapper and lemony potatoes.
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.
