Riversdale Centaurus Pinot Noir 2022
- 95
- $80
- Drink by: 2025-2033
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A three year old wine under cork and this is looking youthful and expressive. Davidson plum and Acai berries are moving along nicely with the biltong, cumin and cocoa nib spice. There is an iron oar and terra cotta savoury mineral edge with orange bitters and sweet clove spice. This is exactly why you need to be patient and allow your wines time to evolve in the cellar, especially with Pinot Noir, which is hard to do, because it’s so damn drinkable in its youth. Here the shades and shadows add real depth and interest. Some bloody meat and grapefruit rind keep me lifting the glass in anticipation. Tannins creep over time, this still has years left to live. Buy a 6 pack and see it change form, as you will too over the next 6-8 years. Serve alongside beef and black bean sizzling lamb.
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.
