Parker Estate Rocky Block Shiraz 2023
- 92
- $24
- Drink by: 2026-2036
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Also part of the new Vineyard Series is this thoroughly enjoyable Shiraz. The Rocky Block is on McLeod’s Tirrike Vineyard which is very much to the north in the Coonawarra region. Maturation was for twelve months in French oak barriques, one-quarter of them new. 2,000 cases produced. Maroon with a cerise rim, the nose offers notes of black fruits, warm earth, cloves, charcuterie, coffee grinds and mulberries. This is a wine of medium length through to fine tannins. It retains its focus throughout and on the palate we see notes of spices emerging, including hints of bay leaves. For enjoying anytime over the next 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.
