Genista Duck, Duck, Cat Grenache 2022
- 92
- $35
- Drink by: 2024-2029
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The Grenache here is sourced from the family’s single acre, planted in the Barossa back in 1944. The name comes from the two ducks and a cat which they adopted, thanks to the work of the local Barossa Wildlife Rescue. And that, in turn, leads to $3 from the sale of every bottle of this wine being donated to the BWR. The colour is a pale crimson. The nose exhibits notes of strawberries, florals, spices, mulberries and even a little chocolate. The most entrancing aspect is a joyful strawberries and cream note. Fresh with a silky texture and sleek tannins, the wine has very good length. Enjoy it now and over the next three to five 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.
