2022 Giaconda Nantua ‘Les Deux’ Shiraz 750ml

Bright red cherry and roasted beetroot compete with exotic spices of white pepper, cinnamon, and sandalwood. There is a hint of briar and stem influence with damp undergrowth notes adding to an evolving bouquet. The palate is soft and creamy. A mid-weight wine with fine tannins and a cleansing acid spine ensuring freshness. It’s one of those wines that clearly falls into the camp of shiraz but wanting to masquerade as a pinot. Delightfully quaffable.

Alcohol: 13.8%
Closure: Screw cap
Cellaring: 3-10 years
Source: Beechworth GI

Another cool ripening season has delivered delicately spiced shiraz. This wine has been made from select parcels of fruit sourced from the exceptional Warner Vineyard.The 2022 is medium-bodied and already approachable as a young wine.

“Medium-deep red with a good tint of purple and a sweetly ripe, almost slightly jammy aroma with lots of Rhne-ish spices adding to the lifted perfume. Cloves, pepper, mace and other spices, flowing through a long and elegant palate. More bunchy the longer it was in the glass, and very detailed. A very stylish shiraz indeed, drinking superbly already.”

Huon Hooke
The Real Review
2019 Nantua Shiraz