1847 Gully Winds Reserve Barossa Shiraz 2022
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- $295
- Drink by: 2026-2046
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1847 Gully Winds Reserve Barossa Shiraz 2022 ($295) – From 65-year-old vines in the Rowland Flat area of the Barossa, the wine was matured in a mix of 40% new and older American oak, 50% older French and 10% Russian. Under Vinc Cork. Dark maroon with a magenta rim, there is oak evident here, but it is clearly high quality and deftly handled, even if integration is still proceeding. We have notes of mocha, coffee beans, leather, chocolate, aniseed, black fruits, tar and cocoa powder, along with hints of vanilla, cinnamon and a nutmeggy touch. The structure is seamless, dense but dancing, and there is superb length and immaculate balance here. The wine finishes with very fine, powdery tannins. On the palate towards the finish, the chocolate notes are almost overwhelming, but rather delicious. A wine which will surely handle the next twenty years with ease.
Ken was born and bred in Brisbane, Queensland. He had a non-trendy, perfectly happy childhood, in a family convinced alcohol meant instant condemnation to Hades. But a break fishing on the Great Barrier Reef, and some good wine, started a serious obsession that eventually took over. It did not stop Ken being chastised later for drinking Pol champagne, disgusted he’d drink anything made by a Cambodian dictator. Now, Ken mostly writes on wine, champagne and spirits for various newspapers, magazines and books, but is perhaps best known for his work in The Courier Mail. He also has a little sideline writing on cigars, fishing, travel and food. When not writing, fly-fishing for trout in NZ or bonefish on the flats of Cuba, travelling or smoking cigars, he is no doubt following a variety of sporting teams – the occasionally glorious Queensland Reds rugby, the dysfunctional Washington Redskins, the dodgy Arsenal and especially revels in the world restored to its proper axis with the return of the Ashes to their rightful home.
