Aylesbury Estate Waterfall Gully Sauvignon Blanc 2025
- 91
- $25
- Drink by: 2026-2028
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Even given the fact that winemakers across the land share much with politicians in terms of exaggeration, when they start comparing a vintage in the West with the magnificent 2023 harvest and the arguably equally superb 2018, then it is certainly time to at least take a good look. We are hearing exactly this about 2025 and looking at a young Sauvignon Blanc which has enjoyed no artifice at all, is not a bad way of seeing just what is on offer. Nowhere to hide, as they say in the classics. Very pale lemon in colour, the nose gives us punchy but rather typical Sauvignon Blanc aromas with dried herbs, blackcurrant leaves, nettles and gooseberries. A supple texture with attractive focus, there is crunchy acidity evident. The wine has good length and really is quite a classic Savvy. Enjoy over the next two 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.
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