Greenock Creek Stone Block Shiraz 2021
- 94
- $70
- Drink by: 2026-2038
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From the brilliant 2021 vintage in the Barossa Valley, this wine combines fruit from three parcels from the Moppa sub-region. Time and again, the quality of this vintage shines through, especially when combined with a quality site and winemaking. Under cork. The darkest blood red, this is sweetly perfumed with notes of plums, liqueur cherries, florals and chocolate. Simply gorgeous aromas combined with the core of sweet oak. Sleek texture, the wine has good focus and energy with seriously impressive length through to the satiny tannins. Delicious notes of black cherries emerged towards the finish of the palate. Impressive stuff and it should remain so for at least the next ten to twelve 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.
