Bec Hardy Tempranillo 2024
- 93
- $38
- Drink by: 2024-2030
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Great to see this Spanish star variety doing so well in a number of regions in Australia and it certainly works especially well in McLaren Vale. This is a cracking wine and tremendous value. The colour is black cherry/magenta, while the nose features cherries galore, along with spices, black fruits, smoked meats and chocolate. Absolutely delicious, there is a pleasing savouriness to the wine with abundant, yet fine-grained tannins, intricate balance and excellent length. A joy to drink now and will surely continue to be for 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.
