Vinaceous Voodoo Moon Malbec 2022
- 92
- $25
- Drink by: 2024-2034
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If ever there was a winery where the labels attract as much attention as the contents, these guys must be it. Very much love-them-or-hate-them stuff. Personally, love them. This is a blend of 51% Frankland River Malbec and 49% Margaret River with ten months in French oak barriques. There is depth and concentration here, showing notes of chocolate, dry herbs, bay leaves, aniseed and blackfruits. We see hints of roast meats emerge here and there. This is a slightly blocky style, not uncommon for the variety, with a firm finish good grip but excellent length. A ten year proposition. Those who enjoy a bit of power in their reds will be all over this.
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.
