Mezzacorona Maso di Mezzo Teroldego 2021
- 92
- $30
- Drink by: 2024-2030
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The Italian red variety, Teroldego, may not be a household name in Australian drinking circles just yet, but for those for whom DNA and genetics hold an interest, this variety is the uncle (or possibly aunt, if you prefer) of the much more famous Shiraz/Syrah. Bright crimson in colour, we have notes of plums, herbs, roast meats, warm earth, soy and aniseed. A softish palate with fine tannins, focus and length. The wine really lifts on the palate and we see flavours of licorice and coffee grinds emerge. Enjoy this now, but if it can spend a few years in the cellar, it should look even better in five or six years’ time.
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.
