Angus the Bull Porterhouse Single Vineyard Shiraz 2024
- 91
- $30
- Drink by: 2026-2034
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From the Heathcote region, the final blend is 90% Shiraz and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon. Fermentation was in stainless steel for two weeks before the wine was pressed and transferred to a mix of American and French oak. Nothing subtle here and I have no doubt that that was the intention. Definitely a steak wine, the bigger, bolder and rarer the better. Opaque purple in colour, the nose gives us aromas of dark chocolate, aniseed, warm earth, blackberries, animal hides and mulberries. There are very fine, sleek tannins on the finish of a wine of medium length, which is well balanced throughout. For enjoying over the next six to eight 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.
