Paxton Mataro 2021
- 92
- $35
- Drink by: 2024-2032
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As with all these Paxton wines, they are made using biodynamic processes. In the end it is the quality of the wine that counts and this is another fine wine in this series. From a cracking vintage, the wine spent 18 months in French oak with the final blend a barrel selection. Dark magenta, aromas include black cherries, plums, tar, tobacco leaves, earth and campfire sites. A little blocky at this stage, but it is evolving and there is a sweet core of chocolate on the palate. A wine of medium length and sleek tannins this will provide thoroughly enjoyable drinking for the next six to eight years. This is a fine example of a local Mataro.
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.
