Auld Family Strawbridge Shiraz 2021
- 95
- $42
- Drink by: 2024-2034
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A very fine vintage from the Barossa here with limited production of this wine which is worth chasing and opens with a deep magenta hue and a lovely nose. Chocolate, plums, blueberries, cherries, cassis, spices and vanilla. This is seamless and seductive with a fine texture and silky tannins. Very good length and finely balanced, this is so impressive. Will provide a decade of pleasure.
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.
