Two Hands Holy Grail Shiraz 2019
- 97
- $110
- Drink by: 2024 - 2035
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Finally, the youngest of the vineyards, proving age is not everything, with vines from five to 19 years of age. Located in the Seppeltsfield sub-region of the Barossa Valley. Rows have an east-west orientation, and the vineyard a north-easterly aspect. Elevation is 250 metres. The soil is red-brown earth over stony clay. It gives the wines incredibly intense aromatics.
Purples and reds. This opens with chocolate and raisins. It is plush, cuddly, full-flavoured and even cushiony while already exhibiting some serious complexity. Black fruits, spices, liquorice. Chewy tannins, but they and the oak and the acidity and the fruit are all in sync. Balance is immaculate with great length. Stunning, love this and my pick of the range.
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.
