James Kalleske Short Stories Nouveau 2023
- 90
- $34
- Drink by: 2023-2026
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Now this is something that is definitely a bit different. Sure, lighter, fruit dominant red wines are not uncommon, but a blend of Grenache, Shiraz, Alicante Bouschet and Chardonnay is hardly your everyday bottle of choice. No matter. It works. The team have used the skins of their top Grenache and Shiraz and the process of carbonic maceration has been employed. Sure, this is designed for early drinking and the emphasis is very much on big fruit flavours, simplicity and deliciousness, but it makes no apologies for that. A pale crimson in colour, this is young, fresh and fruity with notes of raspberries, spices, milk chocolate, cherries and a hint of cranberries in a soft, supple and ever-so-easy to drink style with surprising length. For enjoying over summer, chill a bottle and you cannot go wrong.
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.
