Gaelic Cemetery Clare Riesling 2022
- 95
- $28
- Drink by: 2022-2034
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An absolutely cracking Clare Valley Riesling from the sensational 2022 vintage. Certainly not the only one, but can you ever have too much great Clare Riesling? I think not. This has poise, focus, drive and perhaps most especially, balance and length. A beautiful pale lemon colour, this offers utterly beguiling aromatics. Lemons and limes, spices, lavender, bath salts, talc and grapefruits. A fine line of vibrant acidity, but at no time does it seem intimidating. This is an elegant expression of Clare Riesling at its best, and should reward drinking at any stage over the next 10 to 12 years. A beautiful wine.
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.
