Paisley Silk Shiraz 2022
- 93
- $35
- Drink by: 2026-2036
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Continuing the Fashionable Fabrics theme, this aptly named Shiraz is sourced from the sub-region of Ebenezer on the Barossa Valley floor, and from estate vineyards at higher altitudes. It is from an excellent vintage. The team use various techniques on the different batches to enhance complexity. 20% whole bunch bunches are incorporated, and maturation is in French oak, 35% of which is new, for a year and a half. Dark magenta with a ruby rim, well there is good intensity here. The wine does have a degree of finesse and refinement which lifts it to an elevated level. The nose gives us aromas weaving through chocolate, cassis, blackberries, mocha, axle grease, soy and beef stock, with hints of smoked meats on the palate. Even more chocolate emerges on the palate as one comes to the finish. A supple texture, good focus, impressive length and silky tannins all combine in this delicious Barossa Shiraz. A ten-year proposition.
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.
