Devitt & Moore Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2017
- 96
- $135
- Drink by: 2025-2040
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Always good to see wines which have been allowed to mature in the wineries’ cellars before release. This one is under Diam. The colour is opaque maroon/black. On the nose, an array of aromas including blackberries, aniseed, leather, cassis, cloves, soy, beef stock and chinotto. The texture is supple and seductive, there is good energy and the wine is still fresh. Excellent balance and length, the wine finishes with silky tannins. It will provide enormous pleasure 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.
