Cooper Burns Emmy Lou Eden Valley Riesling 2023
- 92
- $30
- Drink by: 2024-2032
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From a single vineyard in the Eden Valley, this Riesling actually saw partial fermentation in older oak before ageing on yeast lees. Not typical for Aussie Riesling, but these are techniques which can increase complexity and add to the textural aspects of the wine. An apple straw hue to this Riesling, it is youthful, almost raw at this very early stage but exhibiting much promise of pleasure for the years to come. There are lemon notes and florals on the nose with a talc and minerally backing. It is quite intense with a soft fade on a palate that sees grapefruit hints emerge and there is crunchy acidity running the length. A six to eight year proposition.
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.
