Wynns Coonawarra V&A Lane Shiraz 2022
- 93
- $60
- Drink by: 2024-2039
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This particular road (or lane, if you prefer) dates back to 1851. The vines used here are not quite so ancient, but they certainly have many years behind them. The vineyard here is one which ripens earlier than most others in the region, providing freshness and spicy notes, along with the depth and complexity. For this wine, the team uses whole bunches and wild yeasts in the winemaking, as well as maturation in larger oak. An inky maroon hue, the nose offers chocolate and charcoal, blackberries and cloves. There are also traces of licorice and cold tea and a note of graphite. Good intensity throughout and a lingering finish. The wine is fresh and energetic and it concludes with very fine tannins. A ten to fifteen year proposition.
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.
