Curtis Tiberius McLaren Vale Shiraz 2022
- 95
- $500
- Drink by: 2026-2041
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In the appealing squatbot and under Diam, the fruit has been selected from low yielding McLaren Vale vineyards. Dark maroon to its core, with a dull purple edge, it is evident that the oak, still slightly in evidence, has been well handled. There are notes of chocolate, dried herbs, cranberries, blackcurrants, bruised plums, vanilla, coffee beans and licorice. The wine has medium to good length through to fine grained tannins and remains well balanced throughout. Enjoy over the next ten to fifteen 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.
