Two Hands Waterfall Block Shiraz 2018
- 94
- $110
- Drink by: 2024 - 2033
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From the Single Vineyard series, this is a bit of a unicorn. It comes from a vineyard in the Adelaide suburb of Burnside. There are not a lot of city vineyards around the world and very few which hit these heights (Haut Brion may feel a claim to the elite city vineyard, but we’ll let that slide). This is under Diam – the rest have been screwcap – and is in a bottle with a massive punt and of a weight which would throw chills into the Health and Safety Department, so heavy is it.
Inky black and exuberant with bright notes of cloves, aniseed, coffee beans and black olives. A hint of delicatessen meats too. Balanced acidity and tannins plus good intensity and plenty of length. It does need time but is still delicious now.
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.
