Singlefile Wines Single Vineyard Albany Fumé Blanc 2024
- 92
- $35
- Drink by: 2024-2028
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Adopting the name that the Mondavi team in California used so many years ago to distinguish worked, more complex examples of Sauvignon Blanc from the fresh, fruit-forward examples which dominate the market reveals exactly where this wine sits. The fruit is from the Misery Hill Vineyard, planted in 1989. Free run juice was wild fermented in stainless steel, before a quarter of the juice went to new Bordeaux oak barriques. A yellow straw colour, this is a style which will appeal to many. There are soursop notes to this (think a mix of red fruits, pears and sour citrus), which adds to the complexity. A touch of Savvy’s trademark herbaceousness, along with florals, figs and a hint of apricots are also evident and there is a creamy texture, with good intensity running the length. A wine of medium length with quite a firm finish, and definitely one for those who wish to see what Savvy can evolve into with some winemaker attention. Drink this 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.
