Harewood Estate Tunney Riesling 2022
- 94
- $30
- Drink by: 2022-2032
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The annual collection of West Aussie Rieslings from Harewood always throws up some special wines. And great value drinking. For the Tunney, the grapes come from a single vineyard near the eponymous town which is some 40 kilometres north-east of Frankland River. It is the most northerly of all vineyards in the Great Southern region. Free run juice undergoes a cool ferment in stainless steel tanks. This wine makes a good comparison with the 2021 version, though my preference is for this ‘22, marginally. A very pale lime green colour. This is clean and fresh and with an intense ‘Riesling’ nose. The immediate character is limes and lemons with a little touch of the stonefruits, with a chalky background. There are notes of spices, bath salts and lavender. Slightly edgy in style, this is a gently lingering example of good Riesling, which can be enjoyed now for the freshness and crisp acidity, or put away for 8 to 10 years to mature. A refreshing and classy 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.
