Pirramimma Ironstone Low Trellis Shiraz 2019
- 94
- $70
- Drink by: 2021 - 2029
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As they used to say on my local radio station when I was a kid, ‘and the hits just keep coming’ with another terrific McLaren Vale shiraz. The combination of a concentrated but quality vintage and those low trellises, from a contoured vineyard, resulted in minimal yield, under two tonnes per acre. This is the fourth release of this wine and we look forward to many more.
And concentrated this wine is. Wonderful aromas of black cherries, mocha, leather, black olives, licorice, mulberries, vanilla and more. There is oak but it is exceptionally well integrated. This is a wine that could easily be enjoyed tonight, but will also reward extended cellaring. If you have good cellaring conditions, don’t be afraid to give this ten to twenty years.
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.
