Feudo Arancio Riserva 2019
- 92
- $40
- Drink by: 2024-2030
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This is the team’s pointy end Nero d’Avola with grapes from two of their Sicilian estates. 30% of the wine is aged in stainless steel to ensure a vibrancy to the fruit, while the remaining 70% spends eight to ten months in French oak barrels. The two components are then blended together for a little extra maturation in steel before further time in the bottle. Deep red/maroon, a complex earthy style with notes of blackberries, tobacco leaves, aniseed, miso, bruised plums, coffee grinds and a dusting of cocoa powder. A medium length wine with a sour cherry finish and hints of dusty tannins. There is a fine line of acidity running the length. Enjoy now and for the next six 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.
