Genista Taking the Mickie Barossa Shiraz 2022
- 93
- $35
- Drink by: 2024-2034
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The odd name hails from the fact that winemaker Lloyd Broom’s father thought they were taking the Mickie when Lloyd suggested hand pruning their four acres of Shiraz. And just to make things even more complicated, Genista is part of the scientific name for the Broom plant, which is of course Lloyd’s name. Moving to the wine, this is a deep purple magenta. Ripe blackfruits and chocolate on the nose, with notes of leather, cloves, cassis, florals, mulberries and mocha. There is fine acidity here with silky tannins and a soft and supple palate. Excellent length, this is delicious stuff and should improve even further over the next six to ten years. This even tops their previous 2020.
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.
