Mayfield Backyard Riesling 2022
- 93
- $34
- Drink by: 2022-2030
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We often think that Aussie Riesling starts and stops in the Clare and Eden Valleys, with the occasional cameo from the West. Wines like this put paid to that lie. A cooler climate, high altitude Riesling, this is near colourless, but that makes no difference to the exquisite nose with its elegant, ethereal aromatics. A mix of tropical notes, guava and passionfruit. Focused, balanced and moving to hints of citrus. Good acidity runs the length of the wine, while the tropical notes linger on the palate. Sure, this is very different to what we know and love from the Clare and Eden Valleys, but it is delicious, nonetheless. Drink now and for six to eight 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.
