Silkwood The Bowers Sauvignon Blanc 2024
- 91
- $30
- Drink by: 2025-2029
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West Aussie Savvy, from the Pemberton region, this is pale lemon in colour. The nose has herbal and grassy notes, with the flavours very much to the fore. There are hints of nettles, gooseberries, spices and a touch of citrus, which is very much from the orange rind end of the spectrum. Bright acidity carries the length. Enjoyable drinking any time over the next two to four 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.
