Russell & Suitor Franca Grenache 2025
- 91
- $22
- Drink by: 2026-2031
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South Australian Grenache, the team have operated on the basis of minimal intervention to allow the pure fruit flavours to shine. A gleaming although rather pale red, the nose offers an array of aromas including cherries, rose petals, a touch of smoked meats, raspberries, herbs and strawberries. There is medium length here but good direction through to sleek tannins on a lingering finish. Good fresh acidity lifts the entire wine. Enjoy over the next four to five 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.
