Ironcloud Rock of Solitude Shiraz 2021
- 94
- $40
- Drink by: 2023-2033
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A really impressive Shiraz from the Ferguson Valley in Western Australia. A single vineyard wine with a maroon and purple hue. Black fruits, licorice, cloves, blackcurrants, bay leaves and coffee grinds. A whiff of quality oak, which is well on the way to full integration. The tannins are an appealing furry/silky mix with really good length here. An absolutely cracking West Aussie Shiraz with at least ten years ahead of it.
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.
