Jip Jip Rocks Shiraz 2020
- 90
- $23
- Drink by: 2021-2027
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Another good value red from the Padthaway region in South Australia. The Jip Jip Rocks, which gives these wines their name, is an outcrop of pink-red granite which is believed to be 350 million years old, situated in the Padthaway Rise, some 220 kilometres southeast of Adelaide. It is an important site for the local indigenous people. Again, a deep red in colour. Broad aromas here, plums and red cherries. Decadently ripe with mouthfilling flavours throughout. The palate sees notes of raspberries, some chocolate and warm earth. This is certainly enjoyable now, but will cellar and age well for 5-6 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.
