Taltarni Estate Shiraz 2019
- 95
- $45
- Drink by: 2023-2032
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The scent of the Pyrenees, a region dominated by the imposing, blue-hued Pyrenees Ranges, is quite distinctive. So, too, the scent of Taltarni’s Estate 2019 Shiraz with its briar, Aussie bush, eucalypt and peppery overtones. It takes you immediately to the Moonambel vineyard and its surrounds. There is undoubtedly plenty of flavour here and, in keeping with the original Taltarni philosophy, which was built around longevity, there is room to grow in the bottle. Chocolate, pepper, earth, leather, blackberry and briar join forces on the bouquet and palate with just a modest cameo role featuring cigar box oak. Tannin management is key to this wine and its future. This is not a wine for immediate gratification (although if you like a well-structured Shiraz like I do, you might care to differ). This demands a little more time and space with well-grounded, firm tannins in play and in tune with well-tempered fruit. Both will grow and expand further – give them time.
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.
