Allegiance Wines Unity Barossa Shiraz 2020
- 94
- $100
- Drink by: 2023-2031
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From a single vineyard located in the Vine Vale sub-region of the Barossa, the vines were planted around the turn of the century, on their own rootstocks. It spent 20 months in a mix of American and French oak hogsheads, 25% of them new. Deep maroon with a purple rim, this offers a toasty nose with notes of chocolate biscuits, coffee beans and mocha. Hints of cassis and licorice as well, but at the moment, the toasty and vanilla notes from the oak are to the fore. Creamy in texture, this is big, bold and ripe with a core of sweet chocolate and will age nicely for six to eight years. For those who love big, bold, rich, chocolatey and oaky Barossa Shiraz, this is for you.
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.
