Small Victories Shiraz 2021
- 93
- $25
- Drink by: 2022 - 2028
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Lots of fun factor with this juicy little number! This comes from a slightly cooler vineyard in the Eden Valley with shallow sandy loam over rocks. It certainly grabs your attention from colour through to the bursting aromas and ripe but fresh flavours and intensity. The deep purple hue is preceded by whopping amounts of violets and crushed rose petals, next to blueberry and ripe black plum notes. It’s medium to full bodied and there’s some cherry ripe action happening on the palate with firm grip and fine, powdery tannins. Seamless and silky with a soft touch and generosity of fruit, this is great drinking now but one that would stand up in the cellar. Firing up the BBQ with some sticky pork ribs.
Matt Dunne is one of Sydney’s finest sommeliers and communicators who is also the Group Wine Ambassador for the Joval Wine Group. He has created and managed wine lists for over 30 venues including ARIA Sydney, Opera Bar and Chiswick. In 2011 Matt won the Sydney Morning Herald’s 2011 ‘Good Food Guide Louis Roederer Sommelier of the Year’ and his team won the 2015 Wine List of the Year in the Good Food Guide for ARIA Sydney plus he was a Len Evans Scholar. Matt has tremendous knowledge of wine, beer and spirits, and has written his own wine blog for over 8 years.
