Chateau Yaldara Eden Valley Shiraz 2020
- 94
- $180
- Drink by: 2024-2034
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From a single vineyard in the Eden Valley, this is stunning stuff, having spent time in a mix of French and American oak. Inky maroon hue, this is big and bold and richly flavoured. We have notes of chocolate, mocha, espresso, blueberries, cocoa powder, vanilla and oodles of licorice. The oak integration is exemplary with abundant but very fine and soft tannins. Excellent length, the palate sees cloves and beefstock notes to the fore. Well structured, this is a wine which is delicious now, but will sail through the next decade and more. Lots to love here.
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.
