B&H Roses & Thorns Great Southern Cabernet Sauvignon 2023
- 91
- $32
- Drink by: 2025-2035
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Purple and magenta hue with a ruby red rim, the nose offers up hints of tobacco leaves, chocolate, coffee grinds, a cedary touch from the well handled oak, dried herbs, cloves and blackberries. There is even the merest hint of cold tea under the surface. The wine has balance, focus, fine tannins, medium length and a gentle fade. It should provide excellent drinking for at least the next seven to ten 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.
