Terre à Terre Les Crayères Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz Cabernet Franc 2022
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- $90
- Drink by: 2026-2036
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2022 was a warmer vintage in Wrattonbully, the third in a row. The blend is 66% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Shiraz and 17% Cabernet Franc. After fermentation, the wine spent fourteen months in new French oak barrels, which were then blended into old oak foudres for a further six months. The wine spent another year and a half in bottle before release. 1,850 six-packs released. Deep purple with a magenta rim, the nose reveals aromas of bay leaves, chocolate, charcuterie, wild raspberries and mushrooms. There are already signs of the complexity we can expect over the coming years. The structure is supple and rather alluringly soft. This is a wine preparing its house for a long future. It is of good length and finishes with soft tannins Ideally leave it for three to four years and then drink it for the next ten, longer if you can hold off.
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.
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