Zonte’s Footsteps Baron von Nemesis Barossa Shiraz 2024
- 93
- $45
- Drink by: 2026-2036
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Not even Ian Fleming came up with the name of a villain so absurdly wonderful as Baron von Nemesis. Quite what the poor wine did to deserve such humiliation, I have no idea. Still, you have to love a winemaking team that clearly has so much fun with their work. Fortunately, they make cracking wines, so they can get away with pretty much anything. Dark maroon with a purple rim, this is plush, approachable and generous with a velvety texture. Impressive length leads to satiny tannins, and the wine remains focused throughout. A slightly earthy style dominated by black fruits with bay leaves, mulberries, plums, mocha, cocoa powder, dried herbs and chocolate, there are hints of bitter almond on the finish. Thoroughly enjoyable and will continue to be for at least the next decade.
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.
