Yangarra High Sands Grenache 2024
- 98
- $300
- Drink by: 2026-2046
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Fruit sourced from 210m elevation is the highest section of the 1946 bush vines on deep sandy soil. For the first time 100% whole bunch makes up 15% of the final blend. Wild yeast in ceramic egg and a portion remained on skins for 45 days. Matured on lees in French and Austrian foudre and for 18 months. First impressions are how resolved this wine is on release, so is its mosaic of flavours that knit together. Persimmon, raspberry leaf and tangerine, burdock root, dried togarashi pepper strands and rooibos tea. Meaty in the middle palate with silky but nearby tannins. This will go on for another 15-20 years but it is impressive to say the least right now. Another total triumph and a beacon of Grenache the world over.
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.
