Oliver’s Taranga Vermentino 2022
- 91
- $27
- Drink by: 2022-2026
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Apparently, 2022 was the year that Hugo and Kingsley confirmed that Vermentino berries ‘tasted good’. I have no idea who Hugo and Kingsley are but I suspect that they’d enjoy the wine even more (assuming they drink wine). Another variety from Italy, this time especially Sardinia and Corsica. From the Small Batch program, this is a bright, vibrant style of white, fresh and crisp, with no oak influence. An ideal summer lunch wine. A watery sunrise colour here, again the textural aspects are a highlight. Fragrant and delicate (not a word often heard within the shire borders at McLaren Vale), there are florals and lemon zest, grapefruit and lemongrass. Good concentration on the palate, impressive balance and a lingering finish. Drink now for 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.
