Paisley Boombox Barossa Shiraz 2022
- 93
- $25
- Drink by: 2024-2034
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There is a dollop of Grenache usually included in this Shiraz by the team, and the use of oak seems ever-so-marginally more apparent in this wine than others in the range. For a fine vintage like 2022, this really works well. The colour is like a bruised plum/dark cherry hue. The nose is full of deep black fruit notes, chocolate, vanilla, blackcurrants, soy, smoked meats, coffee beans, cloves and a hint of axle grease. Rich, ripe and bold, this is big (in flavour terms) and generous with good intensity throughout and very good length supported by firm tannins. A seamless style, it will drink beautifully for at least a decade.
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.
