Nino Franco Primo Franco Prosecco 2023
- 92
- $80
- Drink by: 2025-2029
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The first thing consumers will notice when they look to open a bottle of this very fine Prosecco is that it is under an agrafe cork style closure. A blast from the past! Very pale lemon in colour, there are notes of citrus, mostly lemon, florals and a gentle hint of toast and brioche. Bright and fresh, there is some attractive fruit sweetness on the palate with hints of apricot. A wine of medium length for enjoying 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.
