Château Tanunda Grand Barossa Cabernet Sauvignon 2021
- 93
- $25
- Drink by: 2022-2032
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Grapes for the ‘Grand Barossa’ series hail from various vineyards throughout the region, but they still manage to retain notable Barossa characteristics and inevitably offer seriously good value. Hard to want too much more. This wine benefits from a stunning vintage and sees time in both French and American oak, new and used. Dark magenta, the wine gives us aromas of plums, black fruits, tobacco leaves, warm earth and coffee grinds. A richly flavoured palate follows, supple and seamless, on which the wine exhibits very good length, finishing with silky tannins. This is a terrific example of a warm climate Cabernet, a style that really does not get the respect it deserves. Cracking value for a delicious wine, and a sure thing for the cellar for a good six to ten years. What more could you ask for?
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.
