Hare’s Chase Ironscraper Shiraz 2019
- 93
- $35
- Drink by: 2024-2032
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The grapes here come from various blocks in the estate vineyard, each discretely fermented with twice daily pumpovers, before basketing pressing to a mix of new and older American oak barrels. An appealing purple maroon, there is good concentration here with notes of dark berries, leather, oodles of chocolate, especially dark chocolate, and handfuls of freshly turned dry earth. With a sweet core of mocha, the wine has very good length, fine tannins and noticeable grip. A wine to enjoy 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.
