Heirloom Pinot Noir Adelaide Hills 2023
- 92
- $45
- Drink by: 2024-2029
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Wild fermentation here, basket pressing and 50% whole bunches, before time in French oak barriques for seven months. The colour here is pale plum/crimson whilst the nose gives notes of bright cherries, spices and raspberries, dry herbs and a little warm earth. A delicious fruit-forward style of Pinot, with medium length that lingers pleasantly. Juicy acidity and sleek tannins with good focus. Now for four to five 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.
