Bremerton Bâtonnage Shiraz Malbec 2022
- 93
- $36
- Drink by: 2025-2037
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A blend of 69% Shiraz and 31% Malbec, this is supported by the use of French oak. The wine comes from the experimentation program run by the team, which has proved to be very successful. An opaque maroon hue here, the wine is full throttle when it comes to flavour and concentration. There are notes of chocolate, axle grease, exotic spices, smoked meats, plums, soy and cloves on the nose, along with a flick of oak still evident. A rich palate, generous, there are chewy tannins and a very long finish. The palate sees notes of espresso coffee and vegemite emerge. A most appealing wine and one sure to provide pleasure for the next ten to twelve 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.
