Vineyard Road Lone Tree Barossa Valley Shiraz 2017
- 90
- $30
- Drink by: 2023-2029
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A wine which spent time maturing in a mix of French and Hungarian oak, it is inky maroon in colour. There are notes of spices, herbs, fungal/mushrooms and undergrowth, as well as a mix of red and dark berries with coffee grinds. These are very much upfront flavours and there is a hint of oak still evident. Supple tannins, this is a mid-length wine to enjoy over the next four to six years.
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.
