Slow Wine Co Blanc de Blancs 2021
- 92
- $60
- Drink by: 2025-2031
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And now for something completely different. Sparkling wine from the orange region in NSW. A blanc de blancs – 100% Chardonnay – the fruit came from the Bantry Grove Vineyard which sits at an impressive 960 metres above sea level, which should ensure the climate is more than cool enough for quality fizz. The wine spent four years on lees prior to discouragement. Lemon/straw in colour, the wine opens with attractive toasty notes and hints of autolysis/yeast. We have notes of citrus, mandarins, hints of honeycomb and a touch of grapefruit. Richly flavoured, there is a fine line of acidity running the length. A lot to like here. Enjoy over the next four to six 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.
