Stella Bella Otro Vino Tempranillo Shiraz Malbec 2022
- 90
- $35
- Drink by: 2023-2026
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A meeting of three not necessarily like-minded red grapes and voila! It works a treat. You gotta love the Aussie “give it a go” winemaking approach which sees creative alliances like this fall effortlessly into the glass. It’s a particularly attractive Spanish/French varietal combo, a joyous, fun kind of wine that wine writers such as myself tend to then spoil by dissecting. Expect both structure and ripe, round, juicy red and black fruits, an agreeable dose of spice, a touch of Aussie bush gum leaf – the feel of the Australian bush is strong in this wine – and a long ribbon of pepper to close, bringing an added touch of gentle piquancy. Delightful!
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.
