Riversdale Estate Brut Rosé NV
- 92
- $45
- Drink by: 2026-2031
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Tasmanian sparkling Rosé, made from 100% Pinot Noir grapes, with the wine spending two and a half years on lees. A deep bronze/orange hue, the nose offers notes of spices, citrus, hints of strawberries, pink grapefruit and orange rind. There is good intensity throughout and it has attractive length. This fizz is fresh and energetic, with brightness travelling the full lingering finish. This can be enjoyed any time over the next 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.
