Port Phillip Estate Salasso Rosé 2023
- 92
- $30
- Drink by: 2023-2026
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Fermentation was of whole bunch pressed fruit, followed by a few months on lees. This vintage includes some Heathcote fruit. The colour is an appealing, shining pigeon-eye pink. The nose gives us florals, spices and strawberries with a hint of an oystershell note running the length. This is a gentle, yet expressive rosé, soft, clean and lingering, it is ideal for summer drinking over the next two to three years. Delightfully refreshing and good value.
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.
