Cooper Burns Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2024
- 91
- $40
- Drink by: 2026-2031
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The subregion of Hahndorf in the Adelaide Hills provides the fruit for this attractively flavoured Chardonnay. It is whole bunch pressed and then fermented in a mix of new French oak and stainless steel. Batonnage is employed after fermentation. Deep straw, the nose offers aromatics weaving through nectarines, peaches, citrus, cashews, ginger, and mandarins. A ripe style, this is generous and open. An attractively supple texture, which is definitely a highlight of the wine, it has medium length and finishes with a fine burst of zippy acidity. For enjoying over the next four to five 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.
