Hobbs 1905 Barossa Ranges Shiraz 2023
- 94
- $170
- Drink by: 2025-2035
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Barossa Shiraz from a block planted back in 1905, this is fermented in 500-litre vats with wild yeasts, before two years maturation in new French oak hogsheads. Under diam. Dark maroon, this also has an appealing, spicy and yes, even slightly peppery character. There are an array of flavours; red fruits, milk chocolate, licorice, raspberries, cloves, soy, a touch of axle grease and a flick of oak. On the palate, the wine moves to a darker end of the spectrum with bright acidity and impressive length. Enjoy over the next eight to ten 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.
