Little Wine Company Hunter Valley Albariño 2024
- 92
- $32
- Drink by: 2025-2029
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Jumps in with immediate vigour and vitality which is impressive, but it’s the overall delightful spiciness and smoothness of the wine that makes an even bigger impression. This is a wine that looks to the Spanish grape and delivers an unoaked example celebrating its citrus blossom aromas and lemon, lime, melon and grapefruit characters nicely spiced and brought to the glass via lively acidity. The warmth of texture across the middle palate raises all manner of food possibilities. Who needs oak when you have fruit as good as this?
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.
