Pig in the House Central Ranges Organic Shiraz 2024
- 93
- $25
- Drink by: 2026-2036
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Researching this wine as best as I could, nowhere can I find any suggestion that there has been any Viognier included, whether by co-fermentation or otherwise. One must assume then, that, in that, it is indeed Viognier-free, although it could hardly drink more like a fine example of Shiraz Viognier. There is definitely a touch of stone fruit on the nose. The wine is a dark maroon with a crimson rim. As well as that stone fruit character, we have aromas weaving through blackcurrants, plums, coffee grinds, dried herbs and cherry pits. This is bright, fresh and lifted and rather delicious. There is very good length here through to sleek tannins and the wine is a pleasure to drink. Enjoy it over the next eight to ten years. Great buying, whether or not it is 100% Shiraz.
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.
