Cape Landing Chardonnay 2024
- 94
- $50
- Drink by: 2026-2034
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The fruit sourced here comes from a range of clones, including the Gingin clone, known as the backbone for so many great Margaret River Chardonnays. A gold/yellow colour, the nose is redolent of grilled cashews, oatmeal, peaches and apricots. There is early complexity here and the oak integration is proceeding well. A wine of balance and intensity, this is a wonderful textural style with a fine line of acidity and excellent length. Love it. 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.
