Ulithorne ‘Immortelle’ McLaren Vale Shiraz 2018
- 93
- $55
- Drink by: 2024 - 2030
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Sourced from the cooler parts of McLaren Vale and then matured in French oak barrels for a year. This wine has everything in place to ensure that it was always going to be a winner. Shiraz from a good vineyard in McLaren Vale, an absolutely cracking vintage and a skilled maker. How could it miss? And it does not.
Vibrant purple in colour, there are notes of dried herbs, dark fruits and warm earth. Chocolate, black cherries and florals. Seriously good concentration here. Good focus, through to a lengthy finish with chewy tannins. The impressive palate lifts with more dark fruits emerging. Good balance. Lots to like here. And a wine with an undoubtedly exciting future.
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.
