Lone Palm Vineyard Old Vine Grenache 2023
- 93
- $60
- Drink by: 2024-2032
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Old vine Grenache from the Barossa is, deservedly, flavour of the month and with wines like this, it is easy to see why. The fruit comes from 80-year-old vines from two vineyards in the Seppeltsfield sub-region. 20% of whole bunches were used in the ferment. A crimson red colour, the aromas reveal a soft and typically varietal nose with notes of strawberries and cherries, dried herbs, and a slight dusty, earthy note. The palate is soft but also delightfully voluptuous, with impressive length and silky tannins. A delicious style which will offer much joy over the next four to eight 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.
