O’Leary Walker Clare Valley Polish Hill River Armagh Cabernet Sauvignon 2024
- 95
- $40
- Drink by: 2026-2046
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Another superb wine from the 2024 vintage, again sourced from the two sub-regions of Polish Hill River and Armagh, Maturation was for eighteen months in French oak, 15% of which was new. Just incredible value. Dark maroon with a vibrant purple rim, the nose exudes aromas of plums, chocolate, cloves, soy, licorice, smoked meats, blackberries and coffee beans, with deft oak integration. There is serious intensity and length here, with the wine well balanced throughout. Sleek tannins sit at the conclusion of a most persistent finish. Still youthful, the wine has huge promise and will be a joy to drink at any stage over the next fifteen to twenty years. A really good Clare Valley Cabernet.
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.
