Wills Domain Eightfold Shiraz 2021
- 92
- $45
- Drink by: 2023-2030
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Brings a real sense of savouriness to the glass which, combined with pronounced tannins, immediately conjures up visions of accompanying foods. Maybe eggplant parmigiana or a slow-cooked lamb? This is a wine that, while rich and expressive, is no stand-alone entity. It would appreciate company at the table. The nose is pitched between earth, cured meats and graphite on the one side, and black fruits, bramble and spice on the other. They meet on the palate, a coming together that brings with it, complexity. They are firmly layered, melded by gravelly tannins and a notable oak presence. Plenty of savoury attitude here, but it works.
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.
