Winebasket Nero d’Avola 2023
- 91
- $56
- Drink by: 2024-2026
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A fine example of this emerging Italian variety, Nero d’Avola, from McLaren Vale, niftily presented in this covered two-litre flagon. That we are now seeing Nero presented in this manner is a bit exciting – it suggests that plantings have been reasonably extensive and with luck, it won’t be long before it is seen as a mainstream variety. Rich and robust, this has a vibrant purple hue. The nose gives us plums, black cherries, mulberries and dry herbs. A supple dense palate on display with silky tannins and good length so this would be a brilliant with a barbecue good value at that. Drink now and for the next couple of 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.
