Alkoomi Malbec 2023
- 92
- $32
- Drink by: 2025-2035
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Frankland River is proving an excellent location for a range of unexpected varieties and good, solo Malbec is a fine example of that. Dark purple in colour, the nose gives us notes of plums, blackberries, licorice, chocolate, cassis, blackcurrants and mulberries, with hints of beef stock, leather, fruitcake and graphite. A wine of medium length with finely crafted tannins, this is attractive drinking now and will remain so for at least the next decade.
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.
