Chain of Ponds Millers Creek Chardonnay 2025
- 93
- $25
- Drink by: 2026-2032
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An appealing Chardonnay from the Adelaide Hills in a shimmering green/gold hue. There is an attractive nose offering a mix of citrus, stone fruits, cashews, spices, orange rinds, rockmelon and a hint of oatmeal. A wine of good focus with a supple texture, which maintains intensity for the full journey. There is a pleasing flick of oak, as well. Well balanced, there is a lingering finish, and the wine should drink very impressively for the next five to six 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.
