Krystallo Estate Belitso Sangiovese 2022
- 91
- $25
- Drink by: 2024-2028
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Maturation for this Upper Goulburn Sangiovese was for a year in French oak. The colour is a deep red, with spices, raspberries and cherries to the fore with a flick of vanilla. This is quite an exuberant and fruity style. A wine of medium length, with freshness evident and a bright flick of vibrant acidity. Fine, even slightly silky tannins so will provide pleasure over the next three to four 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.
