Wild Ren Shiraz 2021
- 90
- $40
- Drink by: 2023-2030
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A blend of Hunter Valley and McLaren Vale fruit that produces a spice-charged young red. Not sure about the reason behind the blend other than Wild Red doesn’t mind moving outside the Hunter region for inspiration. Peppercorn, spice, licorice, earth and chocolate sit well within a core of ripe, black fruits. On the bouquet alone, the marriage of the two regions looks like a successful union. The black-fruited palate is spice-charged in peppery and clove notes with background vanilla woody oak and chocolate. The joining of forces of Hunter earthiness tethered to Vale’s luscious ripe black fruits works well. Looks a treat now but there’s plenty left to explore over 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.
