{"id":662,"date":"2025-10-19T18:38:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T17:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/2025\/10\/19\/4-5-5-wallace-ben-glaetzer-2021-barossa-valley-australia\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T18:38:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T17:38:15","slug":"4-5-5-wallace-ben-glaetzer-2021-barossa-valley-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/2025\/10\/19\/4-5-5-wallace-ben-glaetzer-2021-barossa-valley-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"4.5\/5 &#8211; WALLACE &#8211; BEN GLAETZER, 2021, BAROSSA VALLEY, Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Rating: 4.5\/5<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This 2021 Barossa Valley red from the acclaimed Ben Glaetzer, Wallace, shows a deep ruby colour with a vibrant appearance. On the nose, complex aromas of blackberry, black cherry, and blueberry unfold, accompanied by notes of brioche and bread dough. The palate is full-bodied and smooth, with medium plus tannins, medium acidity, and a rich, flavourful profile dominated by red plum, blackberry, and dill, alongside hints of cedar.<\/p>\n<h3>At a glance<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Type:<\/strong> Red<\/li>\n<li><strong>Appearance:<\/strong> deep, ruby<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nose:<\/strong> medium plus; blackberry, black cherry, blueberry \/ brioche, bread dough<\/li>\n<li><strong>Palate:<\/strong> Body medium plus, Tannin medium plus, Acidity medium, Alcohol medium plus, Sweetness dry, Feel velvety, Flavour intensity medium plus<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tastes:<\/strong> red plum, blackberry, dill \/ cedar<\/li>\n<li><strong>Finish:<\/strong> medium plus<\/li>\n<li><strong>Development:<\/strong> Fully Developed<\/li>\n<li><strong>Readiness:<\/strong> drink now but it will age<\/li>\n<li><strong>Balanced:<\/strong> yes<\/li>\n<li><strong>Complex:<\/strong> yes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Food pairings<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Grilled lamb chops with rosemary<\/li>\n<li>Blackberry and brie cheese tart<\/li>\n<li>Crispy duck breast with cherry compote<\/li>\n<li>Pan-seared venison with blackberry jus<\/li>\n<li>Grilled portobello mushrooms with brie<\/li>\n<li>Spicy Korean BBQ beef skewers<\/li>\n<li>Roasted red plum and vegetable salad<\/li>\n<li>Braised short ribs with brioche croutons<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rating: 4.5\/5 This 2021 Barossa Valley red from the acclaimed Ben Glaetzer, Wallace, shows a deep ruby colour with a vibrant appearance. On the nose, complex aromas of blackberry, black cherry, and blueberry unfold, accompanied by notes of brioche and bread dough. The palate is full-bodied and smooth, with medium plus tannins, medium acidity, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":661,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wineclub"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/10570_20251019173802.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}