Mayfield Vineyard Jonty met Otto Cabernet Franc 2023
- 93
- $37
- Drink by: 2024-2032
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Straight Cab Franc is not something we see a lot of in Australia, but done well, and this one certainly is, it can be a delicious drink. From Orange in New South Wales, after fermentation the wine spent a year in a combination of French oak barriques and hogsheads. A crimson/magenta hue, there is a pleasing elegance and sense of refinement with this wine. The nose gives us aromas of florals, black fruits, raspberries and cherries with a flick of smoked meats. The structure is well handled, poised, with a silky texture and fine satiny tannins. There is juicy acidity here, and a lingering finish. A well crafted and most appealing wine, which should drink well over the next four 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.
