Curtis Martin’s Vineyard Shiraz 2022
- 95
- $150
- Drink by: 2026-2046
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From a single vineyard and an excellent vintage for the region, this is how McLaren Vale Shiraz should be. The colour is near black with a dark maroon rim. Approachable and generous, on the nose we have notes of plums, tomato bushes, chocolate, blackcurrants, tobacco leaves, herbs and black fruits. The wine of power and intensity with satiny tannins and great length, this is quintessential McLaren Vale. Enjoy this anytime over the next twenty 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.
