Genista The SG 2021
- 93
- $35
- Drink by: 2022-2032
Share
The wine is named for Sarah Gregory, half the Genista team, although as it is a blend of Shiraz and Grenache you could be forgiven for assuming an alternative. The grapes were alternatively harvested – handpicked and by machines. Twice daily plunging and regular pigéage with 13 days on skins. The Grenache component was 40% whole bunch. The oak was a mix of new and used, and the two varieties were kept separate for 13 months before blending. For me, this was the pick of the trio this year. Very dark maroon in colour, the aromas weave through coffee grinds, warm earth, chocolate, leather and black fruits. A serious wine, persistent, nicely balanced and with very fine tannins. Good stuff. This has a longer anticipated life span than the straight Grenache – a good seven to ten 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.
