Hardys HRB Shiraz D690 2019
- 93
- $35
- Drink by: 2025-2033
Share
Back to cork here, this is an intriguing multi-regional blend – you have to admire the work that goes into ascertaining just what will work best – with approximately 52% McLaren Vale, 32% Frankland River, 14% Pyrenees and 2% Clare Valley. The colour here is a deep red/maroon. Truffles and licorice notes dominate the nose with touches of black cherries, warm earth, cocoa powder, bergamot, graphite and bay leaves. The wine is of medium length and the flavours are slightly to the fore, with a line of fresh acidity and fine, satiny tannins on the finish. Enjoy this over the next six to eight 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.
