Chevalier Delaude Languedoc 2022
- 93
- $40
- Drink by: 2025-2033
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A really delicious red from the Languedoc region, from a highly regarded vintage. This is inky dark maroon in colour. The nose gives us aromas of dried herbs, truffles, spices, roast meats, mulberries and dark berries. Very much an evocative nose. The palate has focus, balance and length, but at the moment, dominated by the abundant tannins, giving quite a firm grip. The palate also sees the emergence of more chocolatey flavours. Terrific drinking and should remain so for the next six to eight 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.
