Long Gully Estate Chardonnay 2021
- 92
- $38
- Drink by: 2022-2027
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A lovely Chardonnay by any standards. It would score higher, for me, if it had been given another 12 months in the cellar before release. Just a bit too youthful at the moment. But a small quibble and one soon fixed. From the Yarra Valley, pale straw with a glint of green. There is a hint of cashew and nutmeg oak. In 6 to 12 months, this should be fully integrated and very much a positive. Fragrant nose, lemon with a touch of the tropicals. Fresh, vibrant with good concentration and intensity throughout with attractive peach notes emerging on the palate. Drink now although it will improve over the next 4 to 5 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.
