Clandestine Vineyards Tempranillo Rosé 2021
- 92
- $19
- Drink by: 2022-2023
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A lovely dry Rosé from the Geographe sub-region in the West, this hails from a single vineyard planted in 1996. The grapes are cold pressed immediately on harvest. There is minimal skin contact, with the free run juice settled and racked into older oak barrels for fermentation with no lees stirring or malo. The second vintage for the team, there are 6,000 bottles. Pale pink, like the last rays of a dying sunset. Florals, spices and gentle red fruits on offer here. The wine has good focus, is bright and vibrant, and yet elegant with a finish which lingers beautifully. A joy now. At $19, this is ridiculously good value. A no-brainer, as they say.
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.
