3 Rings Shiraz 2023
- 91
- $20
- Drink by: 2025-2033
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A similar fruit source and winemaking treatment as the previous vintage, the colour here is a crimson maroon. The nose offers a pleasing array of aromatics, including licorice, cloves, dry herbs and black fruits. There is a slight charry character as well, but like all in this range, these wines are no shrinking violets. And like the entire range, they offer good concentration and no lack of flavour. This is a wine of medium length, balance and satiny tannins. It is for enjoying over the next six to eight years.
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.
