Maretti Friuli Grave Pinot Grigio 2023
- 91
- $28
- Drink by: 2025-2029
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Always love seeing European wines under screw cap – it feels a bit like the Rebel Alliance is finally making inroads against Darth Vader and the Empire. A fine example of Pinot Grigio from the Friuli Grave region, which ranges between 450 and 700 metres above sea level, and which is up in Italy’s northeast, near the borders with Austria and Slovenia, the Grave part of the name comes from the gravelly soils found in the region, and not anything more morbid. This is a single vineyard wine, fermented in stainless steel and subsequently seeing six months of maturation there. A straw/gold colour, this is a slightly leaner style than many of us are used to, offering a little more elegance. This is fresh, offering river pebbles, citrus and pears, with notes of lemon curd. A supple texture, good focus and medium length combine to make this an enjoyable example. Enjoy over the next three to four 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.
