Bec Hardy McLaren Vale Garden Series Cabernet Sauvignon 2021
- 92
- $40
- Drink by: 2023-2029
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From a superb vintage for this region, warmer climate Cabernet is very different to what many see with this variety but can offer delicious and generous wines. This one has a dark maroon hue with dusty black fruits and roast meats. Dried herbs, blackberries, cloves and warm earth with a line of edgy acidity with fine though abundant tannins. The palate sees notes of chocolate and blackcurrants emerging and a lot of energy with good focus and excellent length. Drink and enjoy over the next four to six years.
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.
