Schubert Estate The Gander Reserve Shiraz 2021
- 96
- $260
- Drink by: 2026-2045
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The Gander is a selection of the best barrels from the “greatest” Barossa vintages, according to the maker. It’s quite a beguiling thought turned real when you come to the glass, a showcase of warm Australian Shiraz from an acknowledged outstanding vintage. Sweet and savoury notes compete for attention, a fine tuning of style with its mix of briar, earth and smoked charcuterie features amid a rich layering of ripe sweet fruits loaded in spice, dusty cocoa and cedary, toasty oak. A polished wine, especially considering its overall obvious generosity, it benefits from the presence of savoury, fine tannins. Can easily reward your patience.
Jeni Port is one of Australia’s top wine communicators. Based in Melbourne, Jeni created the first wine column in the (then) Sun News-Pictorial before moving over to The Age and becoming that paper’s longest-serving wine writer. Over the years she has written for most Australian wine magazines and these days calls WinePilot home. She is also a Tasting Panel member on the Halliday Wine Companion. She was named Wine Communicator of the Year and Legend of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival in 2014 and in 2018 Legend of the Vine. She is a founding board member of Australian Women In Wine and is the co-deputy chair of Australia’s Wine List of the Year Awards and China’s Wine List of the Year Awards.
