Lienert PIQ Piquepoul 2022

The Lienert brothers describe this high acid French white grape in Riesling terms – it’s not a bad analogy. Think green apple scents and flavour. A strong citrus vein runs the length and breadth of the wine with a real smack of assertive saline acidity. It’s not a particularly complex wine, but that’s not its principal role in life. It’s a wake-me-up kind of wine perfect for lazy summer afternoons when the cricket is on the tele and you need to keep your wits alert to the next Aussie delivery. Or, you have a plate of oysters or shellfish and wondering what to drink with them – here is the answer. This is the first time the maker has looked to the Rhône/Languedoc grape. It won’t be the last. A 2023 PIQ is planned.

Jeni Port

Wine critic at Winepilot

Jeni Port is one of Australia’s top wine communicators. Based in Melbourne, Jeni created the first wine column in the (then) Sun News-Pictorial before moving over to The Age and becoming that paper’s longest-serving wine writer. Over the years she has written for most Australian wine magazines and these days calls WinePilot home. She is also a Tasting Panel member on the Halliday Wine Companion. She was named Wine Communicator of the Year and Legend of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival in 2014 and in 2018 Legend of the Vine. She is a founding board member of Australian Women In Wine and is the co-deputy chair of Australia’s Wine List of the Year Awards and China’s Wine List of the Year Awards.

Wine writer and critic