Nemorino 2019
- 92
- $50
- Drink by: 2022-2030
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Who doesn’t love a good SuperTuscan? I’ll confess that this one was new to me so I was very keen to see how it stood up, especially as it offers good value in the category. An organic wine, this is a blend dominated by Syrah (apparently around 60%) with some Merlot and Sangiovese and even a dollop of Alicante, we are told. The wine is aged for six to eight months in a range of oak casks, medium toast, of 300 to 500 litres in size. Blood red in colour, the nose has an appealing rusticity with dry herbs and cherries prominent before good length, bright acidity and fine tannins on a soft finish with hints of leather and brambles. There is some complexity here but also room for further improvement over the next six 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.
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