Brown Brothers Winemakers Series Shiraz 2022
- 94
- $25
- Drink by: 2025-2037
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Heathcote Shiraz continues to offer great drinking and this is a superb example, it is also amazing value. A crimson magenta, there are delightful aromas here, indicating that the plushness the region can imbue in its wines is headed our way. Notes of plums, cassis, mocha, gentle herbs, blackberries, aniseed and hints of florals are all present and correct. A supple, seductive texture, there is a fine line of acidity, silky tannins and a lingering finish. Immaculate balance from start to finish, this is delicious and will remain so 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.
