Pyren Vineyards Shiraz 2022
- 92
- $50
- Drink by: 2025-2037
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An exciting continuation of the theme of elegance and refinement, coupled with underlying power, here with this Pyrenees Shiraz. Black fruits are to the fore, well supported by plums, campfire notes, tobacco leaves, soy, chocolate, licorice and delicatessen meats. A wine offering intriguing dark and savoury flavours. There is a lot of grip here, as the wine finishes firmly, but with decent length. It all works. A good regional example of what Shiraz can offer from here. For enjoying over the next eight to twelve 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.
