Tamar Ridge Grand Assemblage Pinot Noir 2022
- 95
- $180
- Drink by: 2024-2029
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The very best parcel from the Kayena Vineyard, the wine is alive with forest berries. Collected blackberries, redcurrants and wild cherries. There are prune plums and black figs laden with an undercurrent of potent spices. Black cardamom, allspice and star anise. Crushed bilberries and bergamot. Sandalwood and cumin. It’s like stumbling across a wild cabin in the woods filled with a cauldron of intoxicating aromas, and for me it’s impossible to resist. Tannins are powdery and fine with trickling acidity to carry the projection of the wine forward. Oak spice is well integrated and allows the wine a long future. Plenty of length and breadth here. Drink now or will cellar for another 3-5 years.
Shanteh cut her teeth at Sydney’s Award-Winning Quay restaurant where she worked for over a decade and was Head Sommelier from 2018 till 2022. She has been nominated for the Good Food Guide Sommelier of the Year award on three occasions and claims that her experience as a Len Evans scholar as one of the highlights of her career. Shanteh hosts her own weekly podcast ‘Over A Glass’ with the Deep in the Weeds Network and spends her time writing for various publications and judging at numerous wine shows across the country.
