Silkwood Estate The Bowers Sauvignon Blanc 2020
- 90
- $21
- Drink by: 2021 - 2022
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No secret that I am not a fan of sauvignon blanc. Not usually. Indeed, my only death threat came after I was feeling particularly uncharitable towards the grape, declaring any Savvy vineyard was better off as a car park and we’d be better off drinking shark repellent. Apparently, one reader decided that this was worthy of my immediate termination and sent me correspondence advising of this (it will come as a shocking surprise, but the correspondence was anonymous). As you have probably gathered, they have not, as yet, carried out said threat (and I wish them a lifetime drinking below average Savvy).
So you would not be surprised to hear I held out little hope of this exciting me. And yet, it did. No one is going to mistake this for the next Montrachet, but if you want a glass full of attractive, flavoursome wine, here you go. It has gone the tropical route (wisely, if you ask me). Mango, passionfruit, pineapple. A core of fruit sweetness, decent length and a soft finish. My score wavered between 89 and 90 but in the end, those lovely tropical notes gave it a 90.
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.
