Xanadu Cabernet Sauvignon 2016
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- Drink by: 2026-2037
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92% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Malbec and 3% Petit Verdot. The reds of 2016 were fortunate to wait out the summer rains and embrace the dry spell throughout February, making for a standout red wine vintage. Predominantly from the vineyards that lie within the Wallcliffe sub-region with a portion of Wilyabrup, Treeton and Geographe. Matured in French barriques of which 40% was new for 12 months. This stands as a multiple award winning wine, so what does it tell us now ten years on? Well it is beyond fresh and still utterly captivating. Bramble of mulberry, cassis and taut skinned blueberries. Coal dust and volcanic rock. The cedar chest oak notes a cohesive part of the whole, where lignified blackberry stem ends, now tree bark forms. A wine of woodsy magic, grated nutmeg and afternoon sea breeze. A triumph and a pleasure to see it in its adolescence, this has another decade or more to go. Jimmy worthy in every sip. Drink now or cellar for 10-11 years further.
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.
