Byron and Harold The Partners Chardonnay 2021
- 92
- $60
- Drink by: 2022-2027
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Terrific young and yet complex Chardonnay from the Great Southern, a region which we perhaps don’t think of enough when considering this variety. Showing time in French oak, the colour is a deep straw and there are immediate and appealing notes of stonefruit and spices, cashews and river stones. The merest hint of that oak, but it is integrating well. A powerful and forward style, the flavours rise to another level on the palate. Juicy acidity and a lovely texture with good length, it is young and yet complete, and will drink nicely over the next 4 to 5 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.
