Barossa Boy Wines ‘Double Trouble’ Shiraz Cabernet 2017
- 95
- $30
- Drink by: 2021 - 2030
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That traditional old Aussie blend, shiraz and cabernet, is still a winner. If one may offer up the bottom line first, this is a wine which, at just $30, is a serious contender for best value wine of the year (not bad for just February).
Those of us who have been around for far too long have been aware of Trent Burge for many years, mostly thanks to the proud reports from his dad, Grant (a pretty decent winemaker himself), keeping us posted with Trent’s cricketing exploits. Combine cricket and winemaking and one has, as he puts it, an endless summer.
The fruit is sourced from local vineyards – the Barossa floor for the Shiraz and the Eden Valley for the Cabernet Sauvignon. The colour is an inky purple. The nose explodes with black cherries, chocolate and sweet vanillin notes. A big, bold, beautiful Barossa red. On the palate, more cassis with mulberry notes. Fine balance, excellent length. Layered. Cashmere tannins. Love it and enjoy now or over the next decade.
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.
