Raga Five Rivers 2024
- 93
- $40
- Drink by: 2025-2030
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From 25 year old vines this is a blend of 40% Cabernet Franc, 40% Merlot, 10% Malbec and 5% Petit Verdot. Wild ferment with 20% whole bunches, basket pressed and matured in French oak for 6 months. A coil of luminous red cherry and redcurrants are supported by the blackberries, cassis and array of leaf litter and fungi found underfoot in the depths of a pine forest. There is a twinge of lilac that is mirrored in the bramble nature of the wine and heightened by mulberry mid palate. Attention has been made to the weight of this wine, with a juicy acid line and the creamy nature of fine tannins. This is drinking well now and will cellar well for another 3-5 years. This would be beautiful in a decanter served alongside silky eggplant and minced pork on jasmine rice.
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.
