Colab and Bloom Tempranillo 2021
- 90
- $25
- Drink by: 2022 - 2024
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The name comes from the idea that ‘collaboration’ will ‘bloom’. Fair enough, I guess, though I hope that was a late night decision
and not the result of paying consultants. As always, it is what is in the bottle that counts. This 100% varietal Tempranillo comes from David Blows’ Macclesfield vineyard in the Adelaide Hills. Magenta in colour, the nose is enticing – a mix of plums, florals, some warm earth, spices, animal skins, coffee grinds, red berries most notably cherries, but some black fruit notes as well. A wine with good grip on the finish, mid-length with silky tannins. This is an ideal wine for collaboration with roast lamb and it would undoubtedly bloom at a top-notch barbecue. Good now and for the next few 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.
