Atlas Block 9 Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2022
- 93
- $40
- Drink by: 2023-2031
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Undoubtedly an interesting wine. Conventional wisdom would suggest that the 2021 vintage should outdo the ’22, and yet here, this seems the superior wine, granted by a whisker, and in time, the quality of 2021 may take it further. No matter, at the moment, this is the one to drink. Yellow gold, this is richer and fuller with more forceful flavours. Cashews, stonefruit and peaches to the fore. Good line of acidity and there is real persistence here. Nicely balanced, it should drink beautifully for the next seven 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.
