Pirramimma Katunga McLaren Vale Chardonnay 2021
- 92
- $35
- Drink by: 2026-2031
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With this subsequent vintage, the team move to just French oak for maturation and it is something in has worked well, with the wine trending more towards a refined style. That is not to say that there isn’t just as much flavour and punch as with its elder sibling. A banana yellow hue, the nose provides aromas of peaches, a touch of florals and citrus, nuts, stone fruits and some tropical notes. The integration of the oak is at the next level here. The wine has more focus, a nice flick of acidity and better length and we see hints of lemon curd on the palate. For enjoying over the next three to five 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.
