Kilikanoon Small Batch Petit Verdot 2022
- 93
- $32
- Drink by: 2026-2036
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A variety that’s most often used as a blending option for Cabernet. Stacks up pretty well in a good year, especially in Clare. It needs to be fully ripe to express its best qualities, and it’s done this well without overstepping the mark, resulting in a wine that is surprisingly elegant. But there’s still the firm core of tannin and a slightly rustic earthiness which complements the sweeter red fruits. There’s a dry, minerally finish. Nice weight and texture.
Ray Jordan has been writing about wine for more than 40 years. His first articles were published in the early issues of national wine magazine Winestate in the late 1970s when he worked in Sydney as a newspaper correspondent. From 1989 Ray wrote more than 3000 columns as a regular newspaper wine columnist. He currently writes a regular column for the special business publication Business News and is one of the main contributors to national wine platform Wine Pilot. In 2017 Ray co-authored The Way it Was – A History of The Early Days of the Margaret River Wine Industry and previously wrote Wine in the Blood: Australia’s Family Wine Estates, published in Mandarin and English. In 2011 Ray was awarded WA Wine Press Club Jack Mann Memorial Medal for his contribution to the WA wine industry. His love of wine is as strong as his love of the blues and tasting the thousands of wines that cross his bench each year allows him to indulge in both.
