Allegiance Wines Unity Margaret River Chardonnay 2022
- 94
- $60
- Drink by: 2023-2031
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From the Karridale sub-region in the magical Margaret River, and inevitably an excellent vintage, this is 100% Gin-Gin clone, the clone which contributes to the region’s best. Fermentation is in barrel with natural yeasts, followed by ten months maturation. and no malolactic. A gleaming gold colour. This just leaps out of the glass to declare itself a serious wine. We have notes of stonefruit, ginger, beeswax and cashews. There is considerable vanillin oak still evident, but integration is well underway and plenty of complexity. Lemon curd notes emerge on the palate which is seamless with a gorgeous texture and excellent length, and nicely balanced right through to the soft finish. This is lovely drinking now, but will be even better as the oak melds more. Drink over the next six to eight 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.
