Aylesbury The Pater Series Cabernet Sauvignon 2020
- 94
- $50
- Drink by: 2023-2033
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A standout Cabernet from the Ferguson Valley in the West. A maroon hue, there is depth and concentration here. A ripe style, redolent of chocolate and blackberries, aniseed and bergamot, dry herbs and black fruits. The wine has balance and impressive length and, is surely, a ten year proposition. The palate sees more of the same with some hints of tobacco leaves becoming ever more evident. With silky tannins, this will most definitely improve further in the coming years. Love it.
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.
