Y Series Tempranillo 2022
- 91
- $15
- Drink by: 2025-2030
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This is an interesting version of a local Tempranillo. To be honest, it did not do a lot for me on first opening but with a little time, it blossomed. This is a wine which will surely be better in twelve months, and drink well for the following four or five years but try and make sure you give it a little time in a decanter before serving, if you can. The colour is a blood red. We have aromas of woodsmoke, cherries, tomato bush, game, dry herbs and there is a pleasing touch of sour cherries on the finish. Finely structured, an appealing line of bright acidity and a lingering finish, this is worthwhile, but it does need that little bit of time. Seriously good value.
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.
