Barossa Boy Young Wisdom Mataro 2020
- 94
- $50
- Drink by: 2023-2038
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This wine spent the best part of two years maturing in French oak. Mataro (alias Mourvèdre, Monastrell and even Esparte) contributes to everything from rosé to fortifieds, but is most often seen in the GSM blends. Going solo is rarer but not unknown and in good hands the wines can be seriously exciting. Here, we have a seriously exciting example of Barossa Mataro. Dark maroon, this is rich and plummy, with chocolatey notes, cassis and warm earth tones. Good concentration, there is real grip here plus very firm tannins. Impressive length, in a perfect world, this would remain locked away in your cellar for five years and then be enjoyed over the next fifteen.
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.
