Pirathon Gaelic Cemetery Celtic Farm Clare Valley Riesling 2025
- 92
- $24
- Drink by: 2026-2034
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Terrific value Clare Valley Riesling from a vintage which is shaping up as another excellent one. This wine tends to be harvested a little earlier than some to ensure bright acidity and fresh fruit. Just 9,700 bottles made. A shimmering straw yellow hue, on the nose we have notes of citrus and florals. That classic Clare Valley lime, perhaps also some finger limes, is to the fore and there is even a hint of apricot skin as well. Ripe, fragrant and slightly forward in style, there is fine acidity running the length. The palate sees more citrus characters emerge. A wine of medium length for enjoying over the next six to eight 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.
