Little Giant Single Vineyard Old Vines 105 Years Shiraz 2021
- 96
- $100
- Drink by: 2025-2045
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To see a wine at this price in the rather quirky stubby bottle, as much as I might like it, seems a gamble. Will consumers take it seriously? I guess we’ll find out, but they should. This is a fabulous wine and deserves wide attention. The fruit here was harvested from a wonderful old vineyard at Siegersdorf in the Barossa Valley. Under Diam. A deep purple hue, this is attractively perfumed with notes of cassis, aniseed, black fruits, mocha, black cherries, graphite and beef stock. A superb example of the style, it offers such a seamless and seductive texture, fresh acidity, silky tannins, immaculate balance and great length. This will provide pleasure for the next ten to twenty years. Love it and if you have any qualms about the stumpy bottle, ignore them.
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.
