Longview Queenie Pinot Grigio 2025
- 92
- $28
- Drink by: 2025-2028
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The name for this vibrant style of Pinot Grigio is a tribute to the family matriarch, Tarquina, who was affectionately known as Queenie. She hailed from the Fruili region of Italy, a well-known home to the variety. Fermentation was in stainless steel. The colour is barely a touch up from water, so pale is it. Just the merest hint of a lemon/lime hue. The nose gives us very gentle pears and citrus. This is a most elegant, fragrant and subtle style of Pinot Grigio, almost fragile. A supple texture with a fine line of acidity, it will make for attractive early drinking. An enjoyable Pinot Grigio for consuming over the next two to three years. Should be an ideal match for a range of Thai dishes, provided they are not overly spicy.
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.
