Hentyfarm Riesling 2019
- 90
- $30
- Drink by: 2021 - 2026
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Too often we think that all good Aussie Riesling must be either from the Clare Valley or the Eden Valley in South Australia, with some allowance for the Great Southern region, way over in the West. Wines like this prove that good riesling can be found in a multitude of wine districts.
This is mineral and chalk, with notes of bath salts with a really interesting note reminiscent of lemon marzipan (I have no idea if there is even such a thing but if there is, this is what it would be like). Some glacéd Christmas fruits and soft texture which then finishes with moderate length. This will drink nicely over the next 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.
