Sometimes, the push to delicacy can go too far. This 2017 Brackenwood red teeters on the brink. It’s just a bit too crunchy. The cherry fruit is high toned, bony, pointy and pretty, oak lifting up the middle, acidity giving bite and freshness. I like the energy so much, but just a smidgen more ripe fruit would make this more than a fleeting drink. Best drinking: now. 16,8/20, 89/100. 13%, $30. Would I buy it? No.
About me – Andrew Graham
At 18, I started working in a small suburban bottleshop, largely to buy cheap beer. It was my first year of university, slogging through physics and chemistry, so a liquor shop seemed like fun. But then, I fell in love with wine and craft beer, and it took over my life.
Twenty three years later and I spend my days wearing many beverage hats and judge at wine shows around the world...Read more
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