Schild Estate Edgar Schild Grenache Old Bush Vine 2020
- 93
- $40
- Drink by: 2022-2030
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Another fine Grenache from the Schild team, this time solely from the Kleeman Vineyard from a section planted in 1916. The process here is again hand harvesting, crushing into open top fermenters or large format oak for pre-fermentation cold soaking. Again, free run juice and pressings are kept separate and a combination of new and older oak barrels used for maturation of around a year. Bright crimson, with aromas of spices, bay leaves, red fruits noticeably raspberries, tobacco leaves and coffee grinds before warm earth on the palate with red currants. This is fresh, seamless, carried by bright acidity and offering very good length with silky/sandy Grenache tannins. This will impress over the next six to eight years – delicious.
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.
