Cramer Chardonnay Coppabella Vineyard 2023
- 92
- $45
- Drink by: 2024-2030
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From the Tumbarumba region, the wine sees 30% new oak and is fermented with wild yeast. A lovely pale lemon hue, this is a deftly handled Chardonnay. There is gentle oak but it is well integrated with notes of peaches, orange blossoms, ginger and a finish which lingers rather beautifully. A line of fine acidity runs the full length of the journey. Enjoy this over the next four to six 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.
