Tapanappa Foggy Hill Pinot Noir 2024
- 94
- $60
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In the very cool year, a minuscule amount of wine was made from the 777 clone. Destemmed berries went through a slow fermentation for 16 days, with a further 5 days of time on skins and pressed to one third new oak barriques, where they stayed for 8 months prior to bottling. Its aromas unfold, bayberries aerial in flight with rosehip and fresh wolf berries and wild strawberries. There is a scattered floor of dried gum leaf and white pepper and ash in the wind. A slight silver needle tea bitterness and circling back to those translucent red berries. It speaks of its coastal site and in a year when so little was made, it has been gently caressed and handled that you sip it with reverence. If pairing, go for subtly, river trout and pillows of gnocchi.
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.
