Long Gully Estate Yarra Valley Chardonnay 2020
- 93
- $38
- Drink by: 2022 - 2027
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For me, the pick of the Long Gully wines, though it has some stiff competition. It was whole bunch pressed to barrel with 15% new oak plus wild yeast ferment before nine months in barrel for maturation.
The immediate impression is of really lovely, creamy aromatics. Stonefruits, grilled nuts, ginger and crème brulee. One has to love such a beautifully expressive nose. There are the gentlest touches of oak, barely visible leading to a fine, focused, seamless palate. Right on the finish, a hint of citrus too with excellent length. This is a wine which is delicious now but should be even more so in a few years. An impressive Chardy and one that is also excellent value.
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.
