Kym Tolley The Last Emperor Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2021
- 96
- $125
- Drink by: 2026-2046
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Rich, dark fruits with blackcurrant, dark chocolate, a little chalky limestone, some light dried herbs, and a slightly cedary character all contribute to such a compelling and engaging aroma. The palate, though, is where this wine really starts to sing. It’s dense and concentrated, but it’s also refined and remarkably elegant. No doubt a product of that Coonawarra component, providing a subtle leafy lift with some red and black berries working neatly with the darker plummy characters. There’s a nice, slightly cracked seashell, oyster shell minerality that complements the richer fruit towards the finish. In the end, it’s an outstanding wine from one of Australia’s veteran and best winemakers.
Ray Jordan has been writing about wine for more than 40 years. His first articles were published in the early issues of national wine magazine Winestate in the late 1970s when he worked in Sydney as a newspaper correspondent. From 1989 Ray wrote more than 3000 columns as a regular newspaper wine columnist. He currently writes a regular column for the special business publication Business News and is one of the main contributors to national wine platform Wine Pilot. In 2017 Ray co-authored The Way it Was – A History of The Early Days of the Margaret River Wine Industry and previously wrote Wine in the Blood: Australia’s Family Wine Estates, published in Mandarin and English. In 2011 Ray was awarded WA Wine Press Club Jack Mann Memorial Medal for his contribution to the WA wine industry. His love of wine is as strong as his love of the blues and tasting the thousands of wines that cross his bench each year allows him to indulge in both.
