Curtis Limited Series McLaren Vale Shiraz 2020
- 93
- $100
- Drink by: 2023-2029
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So many delicious, big and rich examples of Shiraz have emerged from this vintage out of McLaren Vale and here is yet another. Deep maroon hue, the wine offers gorgeously attractive notes of black cherries with appealing sweet vanillin oak, all well integrated with spices, chocolate and blueberries. A plush and rich wine with cushiony tannins and fine balance plus a lingering finish. Drink this now for the next six years, though it will surely go even longer. Lots to like 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.
