Brokenwood Mistress Block Shiraz 2019
- 94
- $75
- Drink by: 2024 - 2035
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The team at Brokenwood noted that the 18’s ‘have finesse and tannins’, while the 19’s ‘are a little more extracted’. That might be best reflected by the two wines from the Mistress Block. The 2019 has great purple colour. More firmness, more austerity than the ’18. A hint of grapeseed character. Black fruits. Cherries and spices. Grip and firm structure. Undoubtedly offering a good future. For me, excellent but marginally pipped by the 2018. No shame in that.
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.
