Chateau Yaldara Liebich Vineyard Barossa Shiraz 2020
- 94
- $180
- Drink by: 2024-2034
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Cracking Barossa Shiraz, this shows why the style is such a crowd pleaser. The wine enjoyed maturation in both American and French oak. Savoury and earthy, the colour is a dark garnet with notes of dried herbs, soy, blackcurrants, aniseed, chocolate and coffee beans. Plenty of oak but the balance with the fruit is immaculate. The palate sees notes of blackberries, chocolate, mocha, licorice, cassis and vanilla. Fine, cushiony tannins and really impressive length, there is a lovely succulence to this wine. Eight to ten years easy, longer if you want.
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.
