Gioiello Mt Concord Syrah 2020
- 93
- $50
- Drink by: 2025-2035
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Cool climate Shiraz, or Syrah if you prefer, offers such a point of difference to the usual big, bold and explosive styles, that winelovers ignore at their peril. This one from the Upper Goulburn region is a very fine example of what can be achieved. The team like to see these wines spend around a year and a half maturing in French barriques. The hue here is a magenta/deep purple, while the aromas are most appealing. There is a flick of oak, but it is melding perfectly and sits alongside notes of plums, spices, cherries, aniseed and dried herbs. Some truffles and blackfruits evident as well. The structure is well handled and offers good focus, bright acidity and fine tannins. A linear wine which has a very long finish and is a fine example of the style which will surely drink beautifully for at least a decade.
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.
