Port Phillip Estate Single Vineyard Balnarring Pinot Noir 2022
- 94
- $44
- Drink by: 2023-2033
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This vineyard was planted in 1997, to both Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, with more Pinot planted subsequently in a higher density program. Fermentation and maturation followed the same method as used for the Red Hill Pinot, with this given an extra month in oak. Crimson in colour with deep aromas of red fruits. Appealing savoury notes here – animal hides, sour cherries and dried herbs. The wine maintains both elegance and intensity through to the end of a long and lingering finish. Dense, concentrated and well-focused with fine balance accented by satiny tannins. Love it. Delicious now and will drink beautifully over the next six to ten 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.
