Terre à Terre Crayères Vineyard Reserve 2021
- 96
- $90
- Drink by: 2025-2040
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From an absolutely stellar vintage for the region, this is a blend of 58% Cabernet Sauvignon, 21% Shiraz and 21% Cabernet Franc from the Crayeres Vineyard in Wrattonbully. Fermentation was in French oak barrels, 100% new, and older oak foudre, for a period of 14 months. The team then put the wine away in their cellars for several years before release. 1,350 six-packs were made. Under cork. An inky dark maroon hue, the nose reveals notes of mocha, tobacco leaf, chocolate, licorice, spices, blackberries and cassis with quality oak integration evident. Ripe and with a seductive texture, there are silky tannins and great persistence. Still youthful, but there is real intensity here making this a 15 year proposition.
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.
