Yelland & Papps Limited Cuvée Barossa Grenache 2024

Sourced from dry-grown bush vines planted in the 1930s at Marananga and tended by Bob Modra, this is de stemmed whole berries matured in older oak. This wine smells like walking beneath a magnificent wisteria arch. Delicate yet intoxicating, it’s perfumed with açai, boysenberry, and fig heart, with wild strawberries flickering through. Dried maple leaf meets soft tones of sandalwood and a dusting of cinnamon. The fruit is achingly ripe, balanced on the edge of sweetness, with acidity seamlessly woven into the fabric of the wine. Tannins are silty, fine, and quietly persuasive.This is a showstopper—impossible to put down. It captures the very second of fruit’s perfection, bottled. I’m in awe. Pair with fatty tuna belly nigiri and savour. Drink now, or cellar gracefully for another 4–6 years.

Shanteh Wale

Contributor at Wine Companion

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.

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