Coulter Wines C6 Gamay 2023
- 92
- $34
- Drink by: 2024-2031
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Great to see serious winemakers taking on the Gamay challenge, for too long it has been seen as a lesser version of a wannabee Pinot, instead of a wine giving us the undoubted charms that the grape offers. Adelaide Hills seems a pretty good site for it, as well. The colour is a vibrant magenta, florals and cherries emerge immediately on a soft and generous nose. This is simply a delicious lightweight fresh red, a perfect summer drink. Gentle, supple texture, the wine has crisp acidity and a lingering persistence. This is a first-class Gamay and will provide pleasure for the next several 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.
