Harewood Estate Denmark Pinot Noir 2021
- 90
- $23
- Drink by: 2021 - 2023
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Again we have an example of a decent Aussie Pinot Noir for around the $20 mark, something many of us thought had gone the way of the dodo. The fruit is sourced from two vineyards in the Denmark region of Western Australia. The older vineyard is the Harewood vineyard, planted in 1988, while the Apricus Hill vineyard, at a higher altitude and overlooking the Southern Ocean, was planted in 1995. Between them, they are able to offer the wine a mix of different clones (D5V12, 114, 115 and 777, for those who like to know) for the Pinot.
A pale strawberry red colour. Raspberries, red cherries, warm earth notes, dry herbs and a hint of brambles. There is a sweet core of perfumed fruit on the palate. This is seamless in structure and lingers attractively. There are plenty of more expensive Pinots out there that fail to measure up to this one.
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.
