Gundog Estate Smoking Barrel Shiraz 2023
- 94
- $36
- Drink by: 2024-2032
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A fine Shiraz from a number of regions, the Hunter Valley, Hilltops and Canberra. All of them make contributions to this delicious wine which spends time in French oak. A vibrant purple hue, there are notes of dried herbs, bay leaves, violets, spices, ripe cherries, black fruits, leather and soy. The structure is seamless, the texture supple and there are silky tannins. A wine of balance, length and bright acidity, with a persistent finish, drink now and for the next eight years – this is great buying.
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.
