Hirsch Hill Chardonnay Toolangi 2022
- 94
- $45
- Drink by: 2025-2031
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A very fine Yarra Valley Chardy from the Toolangi sub-region, this saw fermentation and maturation in French oak, 20% of which was new. A pale straw hue here, there is serious intensity throughout and the signs of very early complexity already evident. The nose reveals notes of figs, apricot skins, citrus and cashews. A wine of focus, energy, finesse and precision, this is exciting. Sure, early days at the moment but it will really excite in two years. Good balance, a line of saline acidity and a long and lingering finish, the wine has it all. Will drink beautifully over the next four to six 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.
