Welland Wines Old Hands Shiraz 2021
- 92
- $70
- Drink by: 2025-2028
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Showcasing older vine material, lower yields and longer oak maturation here it’s around 40% new American oak for 18 months. Prune plums, boysenberry and carob. A tiramisu of coffee and chocolate swirls. Acidity presents itself and lingers for a nice amount of time, teasing out the palate of sweet fruit and dried fig. An undercurrent of red earth and cherry bitters on the finish. A wine for drinking with long after meal conversations and some crumbly cheddar and muscatel raisins. Drink now or will cellar for another 2-3 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.
