Peter Lehmann Cellar Archive Aged Shiraz 2014
- 93
- $50
- Drink by: 2022-2028
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One of Australia’s most legendary wineries, established by a national hero. The story of Peter Lehmann moving on from his former employers, for whom he’d made some of this country’s great wines, because his handshake deal was not to be honoured by the beancounters, is one of the most oft-told tales in the Aussie wine industry. He established his own winery, in incredibly difficult times and circumstances, and took it to a position where it has been long acknowledged as one of the Barossa’s best.
Now in the hands of the Casella family, the high standards have been maintained and we continue to enjoy stunning releases. The Cellar Archive is dipping into the past, into the cellar, to provide some wonderful aged wines. The chance to pick up a wine aged in the ideal conditions of the makers’ cellars is not to be missed. The colour here is a deep maroon. The aromas weave through black fruits, hints of chocolate, woodsmoke, cloves, leather and campfire notes. Good length here, through to a slow, gentle fade. Generous on the palate and with ripe flavours, this is perfect for drinking now, but you can be sure it will continue to age for some years yet.
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.
