D’Arenberg The Custodian Grenache 2021
- 92
- $22
- Drink by: 2024-2032
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Grenache continues to thrill and when it hails from an ideal region and a superb vintage, not to mention makers who have been dealing with it for decades, much can be expected. But such cracking value is a delightful surprise. Crimson purple in colour, the floral aromas are to the fore with alluring notes of violets. There are also delightful touches of coffee grinds, chocolate, strawberries and raspberries. Those coffee/espresso notes emerge even more on the palate. There is solid grip here, but with ever-so-fine tannins. A wine of good length and great value. Enjoy this for the next six to eight 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.
