Barossa Boy Wines ‘Little Tackers’ Grenache Shiraz Mataro 2017
- 93
- $30
- Drink by: 2021 - 2029
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The traditional Rhone blend which has found a southern home in the warmer regions of South Australia, not least the Barossa. 40% grenache, 34% shiraz and 6% mataro, it has already picked up serious bling around the world. And probably sowed some confusion – does anyone who doesn’t speak Aussie have a clue what a ‘little tacker’ is? So named here as Trent was once just that to parents, Helen and Grant.
The wine offers notes of herbs, lavender, spices and a mix of red and darker berries with warm earth tones. The influence of the Grenache does stand out and hints of strawberries emerge in time. Softly textured with silky tannins, this is a really attractive offering with a good future.
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.
