See Saw Fulcra Shiraz 2017
- 94
- $80
- Drink by: 2023-2030
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A Shiraz in a dark and brooding mood with a vein of savouriness running clean and bringing a real addition to the wine. Maybe that’s why it takes the Shiraz moniker and not Syrah, which is how the grape labelled under the Invergo Series. This six-year-old looks and tastes like a two-year-old, such is the tight, firm presence it holds in the glass. Carries plenty of concentration and swirling spice amid blackberry, cassis, black cherry, earth and leather notes. Tannins remain firm, a feature of the region and the maker, with a savoury presence on the palate. Acidity, well, it makes itself known which raises the possibility of further ageing. Love the twist of pepper, pepperberry and undergrowth to close.
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.
