Lou Miranda 1907 Centenarian Old Vine Shiraz 2018
- 95
- $65
- Drink by: 2023-2038
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Part of the Heritage series from the third generation of this well known winemaking family, we have a superb Barossa Shiraz from vines well over the century in age, from one of the great vintages. Just 2,400 bottles made, the wine was aged in American oak. Deep dark red in colour, this is a full-throttle, bold, ripe Barossa Shiraz which will thrill lovers of the style. There are lashings of vanillin oak at this early stage, but integration is well underway. Big black fruit notes, chocolate, licorice and coffee beans. Mocha and cassis too with soft, satiny tannins. Good intensity, excellent length. There is no subtlety here but no one is looking for it. Some might see it as a love-it-or-hate-it style, but most will surely love it – drink over the next ten to fifteen 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.
