Berrigan Viveur Shiraz 2022
- 93
- $35
- Drink by: 2023-2029
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Estate grown fruit from the Adelaide Hills, but the thing that will make the biggest initial impression is the fabulous label. Not for the traditionalist and one doubts that the people at Mouton will come knocking any time soon for their next release, but I loved it. Basket pressing, with French oak in use. Deep maroon colour, this is fresh and floral, with cherries and cranberries, spices and a brief whiff of milk chocolate. Lovely supple texture and very good length with keen balance. Drink now for the next six years. And the best news – the insides provide just as much pleasure as the label.
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.
