St Hallett Butcher’s Cart Shiraz 2022
- 92
- $32
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Blackberry jam, black cherry, leather and campfire ash sit at the fore, with black pepper, vanilla bean, sweet tilled earth and nutmeg to follow. Some ground coffee in the mix, too. The palate has a cool feel despite its richness. Fruit notes of dark plum and dark cherry are offset by dark chocolate, cut leather, mocha, and black pepper spice before firm grainy tannins grip at the sides and frame it up. The fruit subsides somewhat promptly, leading to the bitter notes through the finish. For $32, this offers up good drinking and calls out for food.
Tom Kline is a wine writer, reviewer, presenter, and educator based in Victoria, Australia. He is the Australian correspondent for the internationally respected publications Jasper Morris Inside Burgundy and Jane Anson Inside Bordeaux, where he highlights the top tier of Australian wine for a global audience. Tom also writes for leading outlets including Decanter (UK), Wine Spectator (US), and Halliday Magazine, among others. An experienced wine show judge and WSET educator, he has authored several consumer-focused wine courses aimed at making wine more accessible and engaging. In 2023, Tom was awarded Best Published Feature Article or Wine Column at the prestigious Wine Communicator Awards, presented by Wine Communicators of Australia.
