Riposte The Katana Chardonnay 2023
- 92
- $29
- Drink by: 2024-2029
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Adelaide Hills Chardonnay, fermentation is usually in French oak barriques with a percentage new. A portion of the juice is fermented with wild yeasts. The colour here is a deep yellow. This is an elegant style of Chardy with a deftly handled use of oak – very gentle. The nose exhibits notes of cashews, peaches, river stones with a hint of stone fruits and beeswax. There is good concentration and direction as the backing has a slight chalky note. Enjoy any time from now for the next four 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.
