Lou Miranda Golden Lion Shiraz 2021
- 93
- $75
- Drink by: 2025-2035
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A very fine Barossa Shiraz from a stellar vintage, this is a deep maroon hue. Big and bold, generous to a fault, this is a wine which is finely balanced. The oak is well handled, and the nose gives us notes of coffee beans, mocha, spices, mushrooms, chocolate, blackberries and graphite. It has focus, energy and very good length. Finely balanced right through to the satiny tannins on a lengthy finish. Lots to love here and it will provide immense pleasure over the next eight to ten 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.
