Amicus A Shiraz 2021
- 94
- $50
- Drink by: 2025-2037
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A year and a half maturing in French oak hogsheads sees this wine, from the superb 2021 vintage, off to a great start. The colour is a deep maroon. The nose is intense and gives us evidence for the power within. This is generous and approachable, with notes of chocolate, cocoa powder, blackberries, bacon fat, coffee beans and cassis. There are early hints of complexity and good oak integration throughout. Impressive length, this is a wine of medium weight and fine balance. Expected to drink impressively over the next ten to twelve 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.
