Feudo Arancia Nero d’Avola Sicily 2023
- 92
- $20
- Drink by: 2026-2034
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Sicily continues to impress as a source of full flavoured reds and excellent value wines. This gets a tick in both categories. This is also a variety which continues to garner acclaim. Crimson/russet in colour, we have notes of chocolate, dried herbs, kirsch, coffee grinds, plums and spices with an array of red fruits, notably strawberries and raspberries. The wine has a sleek texture, finishing with supple and very fine tannins. Attractive drinking now and over the next six to eight years, this is great buying.
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.
