Mitchell Pinot Gris 2023
- 92
- $28
- Drink by: 2024-2030
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First released with the 2021 vintage, this Clare Valley Pinot Gris is made from hand-harvested fruit, which is whole bunch pressed before fermentation in a 3,000 litre foudre. A gleaming pale gold hue. This is a beautifully aromatic example of the style. Notes of rich, ripe pears, florals and hints of spiced, stewed apples with a minerally backing. This is very much a textural style with exemplary length. Enjoy it for the next four to six 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.
