Paisley Turntable GSM 2021
- 93
- $25
- Drink by: 2023-2033
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I’m sure the name will appeal to some, as curious as it is, but far better to concentrate on the wine. A blend of 42% Grenache, 39% Shiraz and 19% Mataro, the vineyards are located at the southern end of the Barossa. The Grenache vineyard has vines which were planted 80 years ago and the Mataro 40 years. The Shiraz is from near Angaston in the Eden Valley. The different varieties are made separately before blending. Wild ferment, then a year and a half in older hogsheads. A deep, dark maroon in colour, the nose gives us notes of plums, cherries, warm earth, bergamot and cloves. Ripe with a chocolatey palate and characters of mocha and coffee beans. This is, put simply, utterly delicious. Soft, silky tannins with excellent length, and should drink superbly for six to ten years. A cracker, and stunning value. So good one can forgive the name.
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.
