Warramunda Liv Zak Malbec 2023
- 92
- $80
- Drink by: 2024-2032
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Older French oak is used for this fine Yarra Malbec, for a little over a year’s maturation. A deep crimson magenta, the nose exhibits deep raspberry notes with milk chocolate, florals, cherries and spices topped by a flick of morello cherries on the finish. The wine has fine acidity running the length, a finish which lingers attractively. The tannins are a fraction gritty at the moment but will soften as the wine continues to mature. Enjoy over the next six to eight 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.
