San Pancrazio Barbera d’Alba Superiore 2021
- 93
- $65
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Destemmed fruit matured in Slovenian and French oak, 12 months in cask and a further 12 months in bottle. I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again, why hasn’t Australia frothed over Barbera more. This is a prime example of beautiful, detailed wine that punches above its asking price. Raspberry roll ups baked cherries and pomegranate molasses. Fruit is fluorescent with vibrancy, shadowed by violets, tobacco leaf and the sumac spice. Drawing you in with becking red fruits and florals the wine has fairly tame tannins for northern Italian roots, some zesty acidity and a luscious finish. It’s built for gentle slow cooked meats, velvety polenta and twigs of herbs. Truly a lovely wine you could sit with for hours.
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.
