Seppelt St Peters Exceptional Vineyard Grampians Shiraz 2022
- 95
- $80
- Drink by: 2024-2040
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Another star performance from St Peters delivering a nicely nuanced interpretation of Grampians Shiraz from a cool vintage, bringing out some beautifully fragrant Aussie bush, wildflower, bay leaf, anise spice amid compelling blackberry, black cherry and bramble fruit. Each vintage, the wine seems to be better served by oak, in that the role of new oak in particular is less obvious, performs less of a starring role that it might have once enjoyed which, in turn, allows the fruit – now sourced from three blocks – to shine. And shine it does in layer after layer of flavour with black fruit and spice, pepper, woodsy earthy notes and a gentle cured meat savouriness. Complexity-plus with age on its side thanks to supple but fine edged tannins.
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.
