Curtis Nut House Wine Shiraz 2021
- 91
- $34
- Drink by: 2024-2030
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No doubt there is a reason for the name – just not one with which I am familiar. No matter, it is rather delicious drinking which is what really matters. An opaque maroon, this is ripe and offering attractive mixed berry notes. The flavours weave through cloves, tar, black fruits, dark cherries, cranberries and licorice. The oak is near invisible. There are firm tannins, though they are also a touch furry. Good focus and force here, and impressive length. This will provide appealing drinking over the next five to six 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.
