Pertaringa Belonging to the Hills GSM 2023
- 92
- $60
- Drink by: 2024-2030
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The classic Rhone blend from a top vintage from McLaren Vale. Pertaringa actually means ‘belonging to the hills’. Maturation was for a year in older French oak. Deep red/magenta. Raspberries, spices including a flick of pepper, dried herbs, hints of chocolate and warm earth. Fine if slightly charry tannins, medium length and intensity plus a firm finish where we see the emergence of black cherries on the palate. Enjoy this now and over the next half dozen 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.
