Angullong Crossings Reserve Chardonnay 2023
- 93
- $50
- Drink by: 2025-2030
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An impressive Chardonnay from the Orange region, the fruit was fermented in older French oak for almost a year, before spending several months in the bottle preceding its release. The colour here is a deep straw but there are also flecks of green. The nose exhibits a lovely combination of nutty notes, hints of woodsmoke, with stone fruits, orange rind, spices and apricot skins, aligned with ripe citrus, including a touch of kaffir lime. The wine lifts even more on the palate and there is a seductive, creamy texture with good acidity and a lingering finish. Enjoy over the next four to five years. Delicious now, it has a most promising future.
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.
