Aramis Nemesis Cabernet Sauvignon 2018
- 95
- $165
- Drink by: 2025-2043
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A very attractive Cabernet from McLaren Vale, from this special vintage. Under diam, just 1,236 (very heavy) bottles were made. A deep red colour here, this is big and bold. There are notes of spices, aniseed, cassis, blackberries, tobacco leaves and mild chocolate, with impressive oak integration. There is good concentration with a fine line of acidity, focus, impressive length and sleek tannins. The wine is still fresh and extremely persistent. It has already seen a good stint in the cellar, but it could easily handle another one, up to eighteen years, for those with the patience.
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.
