Pewsey Vale 1961 Block Riesling 2022
- 96
- $35
- Drink by: 2023-2043
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From the vines in their single site Eden Valley vineyard which were planted back in 1961 (the oldest remaining vines in the block), the wine sees a wild ferment but then spends a few months on lees, to add to the complexity and texture. A superb vintage, this is thrilling stuff. Pale yellow, the aromas weave through citrus, florals and minerals. This is tight, taut, coiled and powerful with excellent intensity with flavours of lime blossom and orange rind showing concentration and excellent length. Balanced, but a powerful style of Riesling and yet it retains a degree of elegance. This has fifteen to twenty years ahead if it, if you have the patience, all of which makes this criminally inexpensive.
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.
