Seville Estate Shiraz 2018
- 94
- $45
- Drink by: 2023 - 2032
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Deep purple. Powerful berry notes here with gorgeous floral and ripe fruit hints. Jelly beans, a hint of chocolate. The aromatics are really quite thrilling. The palate is supple and there is a sweet core of flavours. Good acidity and silky tannins. This is still very young, with a cracking future. 35% whole bunch fermentation, wild yeasts, and a mix of older French oak barrels all add to the overall package.
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.
