Slow Wine Co Blanc de Noirs 2021
- 92
- $60
- Drink by: 2025-2031
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Also from the Bantry Grove Vineyard, the mirror image of its sibling, a Blanc de Noir – 100% Pinot Noir. The colour is reminiscent of old gold/bronze. On the nose we have notes of raspberries, red cherries, spices, apricot kernels, brioche and beeswax. There is a hint more length here but it still retains the attractive freshness. A very different flavour profile, naturally. It should drink beautifully for the next half dozen years. Preference between the two styles? Take your pick or toss a coin.
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.
