Bec Hardy Family Reserve Red Blend 2024
- 91
- $22
- Drink by: 2026-2031
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The blend is a combination of Merlot and Shiraz with a dollop of Cabernet Sauvignon. The varieties were crushed, destemmed and fermented discretely in stainless steel fermenters, before the wine was racked into older French oak for maturation for a year and a half. The wine has a maroon core with a ruddy rim. On the nose, we have notes of black fruits, licorice, coffee grinds, dark cherries, herbs and beef stock. There is good focus here and some zesty acidity. The wine has medium length, finishing with chalky tannins. Attractive drinking for the next three to five 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.
