Grant Burge Meshach Shiraz 2022
- 97
- $250
- Drink by: 2026-2056
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The star of the Burge range and very much one of the Barossa’s iconic Shiraz, even better when it comes from such a fine vintage as 2022. This sits amongst the better releases of Meshach and is a wine in great form. Black with an opaque purple rim, the wine is beautifully fragrant, exceptionally well balanced and offering great energy. We have notes of black fruits, bay leaves, florals, licorice, cassis, coffee beans and spice market notes. There is remarkable balance and immense length here with intensity maintained throughout, through to the silkiest of tannins. A complete wine. If one suggests that this wine could last twenty to thirty years without a problem, that does not mean it can’t be enjoyed well before then. Stunning stuff.
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.
