Angullong Fossil Hill Tempranillo 2023
- 93
- $30
- Drink by: 2026-2034
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This famous Spanish variety, most especially at home in the Rioja region, continues to forge a niche here in Australia. Maturation is in French oak for a year with around 20% of that oak new. Bruised plum/dark cherry in colour, the nose offers aromas of freshly unearthed root vegetables, warm flesh, cranberries, beef stock, cloves, tomato bushes and coffee grinds. The wine has excellent persistence to through fine, satiny tannins and there is good focus throughout. Enjoy this over the next eight years. This really is one of the better local Tempranillos of late and it would be absolutely ideal for your next gourmet barbeque.
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.
