Wine Code Breaker #421

Australian slang has a way of confounding and confusing in an amusing way. As Australian society has continued to grow and become more globally astute we have started to lose some of that Strine that makes us famous the world over. Take Mollydooker for instance. This is an Australian expression for a left handed person. It is not often heard anymore whereas once, it was not uncommon to hear references made about, say a Mollydooker batsmen. Where has it come from? Well, I conducted some detailed research and discovered that the “molly” implies an effeminate male and “dookers” refers to one’s hands. There is a long and tortuous explanation that establishes the origins of “dooks” or “dukes” as being derived from pick pocketing, forks and rhyming slang variant of this ending up as the Duke of York.

The 2021 Mollydooker The Boxer is a Shiraz from McLaren Vale in South Australia. It is black in colour and searingly so. Inhale deeply and there is dark plum fruit, blueberries, blackberries and smallgoods with a smokey complexity. Liquorice, spice, black fruits and black jubes on the palate supported by chalky tannins and balanced acid. It will not be for everyone with its higher alcohol, but I reckon this plonk is a bonza ripper, mate!

Enjoy!