Zonte’s Footstep Splitting Hares Tempranillo Grenache 2022
- 92
- $30
- Drink by: 2023-2028
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From the Fleurieu region, this is pale crimson in colour. While the name might be a play on the tiny tweaks needed to get the balance exactly right, for me, forget that and match the wine with your favourite rabbit dish. Ignore the suggested match and try Conejo con arroz or a slow cooked rabbit stew. This is a seriously delicious blend giving us some earthy notes, roast meat characters, dry herbs and spices. The Tempranillo seems to dominate at the moment, but the Grenache does kick in on the palate. Fresh and finely balanced, with flavours of red berries and especially redcurrants and cherries which emerge on the palate. Drink over the next five to six 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.
