Allegiance Wines Unity Tumbarumba Chardonnay 2023
- 92
- $60
- Drink by: 2024-2028
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A single vineyard wine, from their vineyard which is located some 530 metres above sea level in the cool region of Tumbarumba. The colour here is an appealing pale lemon. The nose gives us notes of spices, guava, peaches, a hint of honeycomb and a little oak still in the process of integrating. Balance and length and both are impressive, but it is the oodles of flavour which really appeal here. Now and for the next three to four 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.
