Curator Wine Company Hamlets Shiraz 2024
- 94
- $30
- Drink by: 2026-2038
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From this vintage, the team decided to reassess vineyards for this wine, and now source fruit from vineyards in the Ebenezer, Nuriootpa and Kalimna sub-regions, with all planted post the 1950’s. They also incorporate a component of Stone Well Shiraz, which forms 20% of the blend. Maturation is for twelve months in older oak. A magenta/purple hue, this is a fresh and approachable style with notes of blackberries, chocolate, spices, cassis and coffee beans. Absolutely delicious, it is cracking drinking now and will continue to be over the next ten to twelve years. There is good intensity throughout, and a line of juicy acidity runs the length. Intense, concentrated and very long, this finishes with sleek tannins. There is much 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.
