Kooyong Beurrot Pinot Gris 2020
- 93
- $32
- Drink by: 2022-2025
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A step up here with a really impressive Pinot Gris. The Beurrot vineyard comprises two parcels of Pinot Gris (‘Beurrot’, by the way, is an old Burgundian name for Pinot Gris). The original is just 0.24 hectares, while the larger parcel, which obviously provides the majority of the fruit, is 2.74 hectares. It is planted with a density of 5,600 vines per hectare. After harvesting, the grapes were gently whole-bunch pressed directly into old French oak for fermentation. After that, ten months on lees, with no bâtonnage and then bottling with minimal filtration and no fining. Pale straw, there is serious intensity here. Minerals and pears, fresh crisp apples and florals. There is fine balance, good power and serious concentration, as well as impressive persistence. Still youthful, we can expect even more from it over the next two to three years. With appealing texture and a finely crafted finish, this Pinot Gris is delicious now will drink well for some time to come.
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.
