Fox Creek McLaren Vale Postmaster GSM 2021
- 93
- $29
- Drink by: 2023-2031
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Named as a tribute to the history of the region, this popular red blend is at home in McLaren Vale. This blend is 64% Grenache, 28% Shiraz and 8% Mourvèdre. The Grenache is a mix from 60 and 80-year-old vines, matured in older French and American puncheons. The Shiraz is from 70-year-old vines and spends time in two, three and four-year-old French and American oak. The Mourvèdre is matured in new, one and two-year-old French and American oak puncheons. Deep crimson in colour, the wine has a lovely nose with perfumes of dark fruits, chocolate, cassis, black fruits, leather and warm earth, but also touches of raspberries and cherries. Seamless, plush and with very good length, the construction is impressive. There are early hints of the complexity to come. Soft tannins on the finish, this is a wine for drinking at any time over the next five to eight years. Like this a great deal and great buying at this price.
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.
