Yering Station Village Merlot 2024
- 93
- $30
- Drink by: 2025-2031
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A singing wine with evenly ribboned blackberries and wild rhubarb. Some purple shiso leaf, plum skin and sandalwood. Tannins are the star of the show and pull at all the right touch points of the palate, yes there is blueberry too. Some mocha and bitter chocolate tones, clove and cassis. This manages to be sturdy but full of vigor and plush fruit. A very elegant wine with a long life ahead and echoing acidity. Say 5-6 years laid down in the cellar, this will definitely reward down the line. A befitting match for a roast lamb loin, and sweet root vegetables like parsnip and carrots.
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.
