Astrale Chianti Riserva 2021
- 92
- $40
- Drink by: 2025-2035
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A very fine vintage for this Tuscan red, the wine is bottled under cork. The colour is a dark cherry/maroon. On the nose we have an array of aromas weaving through roast meats, warm earth, dried herbs, tomato bushes and raspberries. There is juicy acidity here and the wine is of medium length. There is an attractive plushness to the texture. Very attractive drinking now and should remain so for at least the next six to ten 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.
