Château Tanunda 50-Year-Old Vines Shiraz 2023
- 94
- $90
- Drink by: 2026-2046
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The grapes here are destemmed but not crushed and receive eighteen months maturation in new and older French oak. This vineyard is in the Vine Vale sub-region. Under cork. Deep maroon with a blood red rim, the nose reveals aromas of chocolate, herbs, cocoa powder, spices, coffee grinds, cigar boxes, mushrooms, black fruits and hints of grilled gourmet sausages. There is good concentration and the wine is well balanced with very good length, finishing with satiny tannins providing deceptive grip. It has a long future ahead of it and there is most definitely room to improve over that period. Enjoy this over the next twenty 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.
