Allegiance The Foreman Coonawarra Cabernet 2024
- 92
- $35
- Drink by: 2025-2035
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From what is proving to be a good vintage in the Coonawarra region, the colour of this wine is a dark crimson/maroon. The nose reveals notes of blackcurrants, chocolate, bay leaves, warm earth and a touch of campfire, with hints of sour cherries on the finish. When we move to the palate, the wine is of medium length, with fine balance and finishes with sleek tannins. Enjoy it over the next ten 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.
