Frankland Estate Chardonnay 2024
- 94
- $39
- Drink by: 2026-2034
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The fruit for this really impressive Chardonnay comes from the Isolation Ridge Vineyard in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. Maturation is in 500-litre French oak puncheons Pineapple yellow in colour, there are beautiful aromatics throughout here in this finely crafted wine. It exhibits good oak integration as well as notes of cashews, stone fruits, peaches, with hints of nectarine, mangoes and citrus. There is good concentration throughout and the wine is well balanced with focus and length. Quite serious length. For enjoying over the next eight 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.
