Sentio Beechworth Shiraz 2023

Our Verdict

While Beechworth is home to iconic names like Gioconda, Savaterre and Sorrenberg, a new wave including Foreign Friends and Vignerons Schmölzer & Brown is highlighting the region’s depth and momentum. Among them is Chris Catlow, who founded Sentio in 2013 with a focus on Chardonnay, alongside small parcels of other varieties. Catlow has been immersed in viticulture since his teens, beginning with Barry Morey at Sorrenberg before refining his craft at Paringa Estate and Kooyong, and through formative vintages in Burgundy with Benjamin Leroux.

"Bursting in the kind of energy and vitality that could fuel a small city, this is one juicy, exciting shiraz. Fresh, spicy plum and blackberry fruits with pepper, aniseed, woodsy spices and earth enhanced by a light mineral thread of graphite and gravel. It speaks eloquently of the grape and the soil, the spice and the plushness of fruit and vanillin oak, before finishing in a fine tannin-ed elegance. Bravo!"  96 Points - Jeni Port, Halliday Wine Companion

"Beechworth shiraz from one of the best producers in the region...Fruit is juicy, sweet, lively and delicious. It’s young, it’s energetic, it’s still building." 93 Points - Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front 

• Size 750ml

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