Harewood Estate Porongurup Riesling 2023
- 95
- $35
- Drink by: 2024-2039
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From some of the older plantings in the Porongurup Ranges in the Great Southern, it is free run juice only with the slow and cool ferment provided by stainless steel tanks. Indeed, anyone keen to see the impact of terroir on the Riesling grape could do worse than line up the Harewood Estate Range and taste through them. The differences are effectively purely from the sites. A pale yellow hue here, we have notes of spices, lemons and limes with more than a little flick of grapefruit over minerals. Wet stones, oystershell and appealing limey notes also emerge on the palate, as does a lovely honeycomb touch right on the finish. Good acidity and balance, this is very long and should drink beautifully for ten 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.
