Port Phillip Estate Salasso Rosé 2022
- 93
- $27
- Drink by: 2022-2025
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One of the more exciting rosés to come my way this year – and it has some serious competition for that. This is a Mornington Peninsula special and cracking value. A blend of Pinot Noir and Shiraz, the grapes were whole bunch pressed with fermentation in old French oak barriques and larger foudre. The wine then spent several months on lees before bottling. The colour is a lovely pale sunset with the merest suggestion of a copper rim. The nose is redolent of strawberries, spices, cherries and florals. More redcurrants on the palate and even a tiny hint of a peppery note. This is fresh, delightfully exuberant, finely balanced in a dry, refreshing style and offering amazing length, with a crème brulée-like texture. Drink this classy rosé now and over the next three 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.
