Feudo Arancio Nero d’Avola 2022
- 92
- $20
- Drink by: 2025-2031
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A cracking value Italian red that would be perfect for a Friday night in front of the footy, with a good pizza or bowl of pasta. Sounds like heaven. From Sicily, it is easy to see why this variety is gaining a very solid foothold here in Australia, both with imported and local examples. This is a stunning crimson garnet in colour. Supple in texture, with juicy acidity and serious length, the wine has sleek tannins and good persistence. There are notes of red fruits here, with redcurrants, cherries, a touch of warm earth, exotic spices and dried herbs, kirsch, plums and mushrooms. Enjoy this any time over the next half dozen 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.
