Zonte’s Footstep Blackberry Patch Fleurieu Peninsula Cabernet 2021
- 95
- $30
- Drink by: 2023-2033
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Now, if we were not overwhelmed with chocolate in the ‘Chocolate Factory’, would we find blackberries in the ‘Blackberry Patch’? Absolutely. My concerns here are more with the quote they have used on the label – “I would give you my soul in a blackberry pie; and a knife to cut it”. Sounds to me like someone in dire need of a spell in a rubber room. Apparently not. It is from, and my thanks to Wikipedia of course, a Scottish historical novelist called Dorothy Dunnett. Wikipedia also reveals her leading character for her mystery novels is a painter called Johnson Johnson. Which strikes me as a writer in serious need of a little more imagination. But the wine… Dark maroon, the nose is immediately exciting. Lush blackberries (so the brief filled), coffee beans, cigar box notes, spices, chocolate and dark satsuma plums. Good intensity on the palate which travels the length which is deceptively long with very fine tannins. This is a brilliant warmer climate Cabernet and will drink well for ten years easily. Love it.
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.
