Cook’s Lot Pinot Noir Allotment 1111 2025
- 91
- $25
- Drink by: 2026-2030
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Pinot Noir has already proven itself in the Orange region and this will simply add to its lustre. Pale russet/garnet in colour, the nose offers a slight smoked meat note, with spices and herbs, strawberries, leaf litter, raspberries, aniseed and a hint of sweet cherries. As is obvious, very much a red-fruited style. There is decent length here and zesty acidity. The wine finishes with sleek tannins. Enjoyable now, but it will certainly be better in twelve months, after which it can be enjoyed for another three or four 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.
