Bec Hardy To Cut a Long Story Short Chardonnay 2022
- 89
- $18
- Drink by: 2023-2026
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Put simply, the world can never have too much easy drinking, good value Chardy. A fresh, unoaked style can’t help but please. Bright yellow in colour, notes of herbs, citrus and stonefruit, with the flavours very much upfront. There is a burst of bright acidity and hints of white peaches on the palate, a pleasant picnic style, but it needs a touch more length to step up to the next level. Drink over the next two to three 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.
