Colmar Estate Reserve Riesling 2022
- 95
- $55
- Drink by: 2023-2033
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This is really exciting stuff. From Orange, where the vineyards are almost 1,000 metres above sea level, this is a superb example of a cooler climate Riesling. Focus and balance are the hallmarks here. A very pale lemon hue with notes of pears, vibrant limey citrus and grapefruits touches. Florals and more, with a chalky, minerally background and razor-like focus with a lingering finish. Taut, persistent, delightfully fresh, this fine Riesling has ten years ahead of it. Cracking stuff.
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.
