Schoolhouse Headmaster Shiraz 2022
- 94
- $55
- Drink by: 2026-2038
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This is a seriously impressive Coonawarra Shiraz. A shining dark purple hue with a garnet rim, the wine is quite refined with focus, balance and even a degree of elegance. On the nose, we have notes of blackberries, mint, cocoa powder, tobacco leaves and licorice. There is a touch of vanillin oak, well integrated, and the wine has power and direction. It finishes with fine, powdery tannins and will surely provide pleasure 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.
