Curator Barossa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2023
- 93
- $35
- Drink by: 2025-2035
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Time spent in French oak barrels, 15% of which were new, has helped mould a fine, warm climate Cabernet which is chock full of flavour. Under Diam. Dark maroon with a magenta edge. Attractive chocolate/cherry notes open proceedings, with aromas of violets, tobacco leaves, mocha, plums, mulberries, bergamot, leather, soy and cloves. A plethora of flavours come together to provide cracking drinking, and good value. Seamless in structure, there is fine balance here with good focus. A wine of medium length and satiny tannins, this will provide pleasure over the next decade, likely longer.
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.
