Moss Brothers Moses Rock Grenache 2020
- 92
- $30
- Drink by: 2022-2026
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If Fidium is not my all-time fave name for a wine, I will confess that I rather like ‘Moses Rock’, especially knowing it was the name of a famous stallion which roamed the Margaret River region a century ago – legend suggests that the stallion was named after a popular surf break.
Grenache is the flavour of the month in Australia at the moment and we are seeing more and more cracking examples, so any release, wanting to carve out its own niche, needs to make a statement. The grapes for this wine came from Geographe, to the north of the main Margaret River township and district. The wine is a pale crimson. At the moment, the nose is a little reticent. But the wine is nicely balanced and elegant. Spices, red fruits, fine silky tannins here. This is made with restraint and all the better for it. Some slight meaty notes and a touch of bergamot on the palate. Good acidity, line and length. A wine which flows well. Still youthful, this will be better in three to four years, although certainly enjoyable now. Another fine Grenache.
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.
