Clandestine Vineyards Pinot Grigio 2020
- 89
- $30
- Drink by: 2020 - 2021
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From a single vineyard at Woodside in the Adelaide Hills, planted in 2008 with only 3,600 bottles crafted every year. Free run juice only and it sees no oak, meaning that they have laid out their cards for all to see. This is intended to be fresh, full of flavour, no distractions. And so it is. Punchy aromatics; pears, citrus and a flick of green pea if you look. Blossoms on the palate too. A juicy style, good balance and with serious intensity of flavour. A wine that lingers. Now for a couple of years and lots to like.
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.
