Sorby Adams The Reverend Canon Barossa Shiraz 2022
- 94
- $75
- Drink by: 2026-2046
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The fruit here is a mix from the Barossa and Eden Valleys. The oak treatment is the same as for the Vicar of Toft, three years in tight grained French oak hogsheads from Francois Frere and Taransaud, although only 20% were new. The relevant Reverend Canon was winemaker Simon Adams’ great uncle, who moved from Singapore to the Barossa in the 1950s. Inky black/maroon, aromas on the nose weave through coffee beans, cassis, mocha and chocolate. There is noticeable oak here, vanillin notes to the fore, but integration continues apace. This is a wine for the long haul. A supple and intense palate, sleek texture and a lingering finish through to fine, satiny tannins, it will easily handle fifteen to twenty 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.
