Harewood Estate Frankland River Riesling 2024
- 95
- $35
- Drink by: 2025-2040
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The fruit here is sourced from a single vineyard in the Frankland River sub-region of the Great Southern district in Western Australia. Only free run juice is used, with a cool fermentation in stainless steel. Pale lemon/lime green in colour, this is a classic Riesling, pristine, taut, poised and with serious length. The nose reveals aromas of florals, wet slate, limes, grapefruit, lemon blossoms and a flick of honeycomb on the finish. There is zesty acidity throughout. This is really impressive and should provide immense pleasure over the next twelve to fifteen 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.
