Zonte’s Footstep Hills are Alive Shiraz 2022

As the team says, the flavours here are a few of their favourite things. Who isn’t channelling their inner Julie Andrews at the moment? From the Adelaide Hills, which may well be alive but are probably a little less covered in snow than their musical siblings, this is a most appealing cooler climate Shiraz. This has a dark garnet hue with a nose revealing aromas of aniseed, bay leaves, leather, raspberries, warm earth, cherries and dried herbs. A medium bodied wine of medium length, there are fine tannins on the finish. This is from the savoury and elegant end of the red wine spectrum. The palate shows some sour cherry notes on that lingering finish. A most attractive wine with six to eight years of good drinking ahead of it.