Ribbon Vale Elsa 2022
- 93
- $80
- Drink by: 2023-2031
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A Savvy that is a million miles from the typical, simple, flavour bombs so prevalent these days. And all the better for it. Complexity and texture are the keys here. A gentle lemon hue. We have ripe tropical notes, which are quite exotic and exuberant. Dried apricots, figs, fresh peaches and spices. The merest whiff of vanillin oak with lemon butter on toast. There is complexity here, with balance, length and intensity with a flick of acidity running along that supple and seductive texture with good focus. Expect this to age well over the next 6 to 8 years and become even more interesting. This might be Savvy, but not as you know it.
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.
