Highgate Chardonnay Hunter Valley 2023
- 92
- $25
- Drink by: 2026-2029
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Well priced Hunter Chardonnay with just the right amount of flavour, this will prove very popular. Straw/lemon in colour, the nose reveals notes of apples, citrus and hints of stone fruit. Neatly balanced, it does tend slightly towards the leaner end of the spectrum, but it is certainly not lacking in flavour. A wine of decent length with a lingering finish, it is attractive now and should remain so for the next two to three 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.
