Allegiance Alumni Clare Valley Riesling 2023
- 92
- $30
- Drink by: 2025-2035
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A fine Clare Valley Riesling, named as a tribute to friendship. Hard not to raise a glass to that. The colour is a straw yellow. Lemon curd notes, honeysuckle, citrus including a touch of limes, plus a flick of pineapple are all evident on the nose. There is a minerally support system in place, running the length, with fine acidity and a chalky backing. Medium to good length, this can be expected to continue to improve during the years to come and it will offer excellent drinking over the next eight to ten. The flavours are perhaps a little more forward than some at the moment, but there is evidence that this might be indicative of the vintage. An impressive Riesling.
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.
