Allinda Heathcote Shiraz 2018
- 93
- $29
- Drink by: 2021-2030
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This is the only wine in the range where fruit is sourced, rather than estate-grown, but nothing at all wrong with that. The vineyard is dry grown and the wine then hand plunged in open fermenters, followed by ten months in seasoned barriques – French, American and Russian. 100% indigenous yeasts used here. A maroon/black colour with good density; aromas of dark plums and blackcurrants dominate an enticing nose. Some warm earth and chocolate as well. There is good concentration here, and the wine is both powerful and focused. Abundant tannins on the very long finish. Lots to like if one is drinking this today and just as much if you’d rather put it away for its future drinking potential.
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.
