Sea Glass Pinot Noir 2019
- 93
- $45
- Drink by: 2023-2028
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For me, the Mornington Peninsula is now well established as the equal of any region in Australia for superb Pinot Noir. The Sea Glass Pinot is from the Balnarring sub-region. A percentage of new French oak is used, but the integration is immaculate. The wine also spends time on skins. A pale but vibrant red. There are briary notes, undergrowth and a hint of a stemmy character. The more you love that whole berry character, the more you’ll love this wine. We have roast meats and flesh here, touches of leather. This is very much in the secondary style, avoiding simple primary notes. The wine is juicy, with focus, length and intensity with a supple texture and a slight bitter almond character to be found at the finish. Drink now for 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.
