Atlas Block 126 McLaren Vale Shiraz 2020
- 94
- $45
- Drink by: 2023-2030
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A cracking McLaren Vale Shiraz. Opaque maroon, there are aromas of chocolate, warm earth, mushrooms, black fruits, soy, coffee grinds and aniseed. This is balanced and seductive on the palate, layered, concentrated and even and, in its own way, relatively elegant. So much to like with silky tannins and some serious length here. It will drink beautifully for the next decade or more. Great stuff.
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.
