Southern Light Vineyards Ghostgum Pinot Noir 2022
- 94
- $85
- Drink by: 2024-2032
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The four blocks of Pinot Noir were planted between 1994 and 2021. Cropping is deliberately kept extremely low to encourage intensity and complexity. Fermentation includes 10% whole bunches for two blocks, 100% for another and completely destemmed for the final block. The final wine averaged 12 days on skins and spent ten months maturing in French oak hogsheads. An appealing crimson red hue here, the nose displays some undergrowth notes with a little briar and earthiness. We have aromas of animal skins, cherries, florals, nutmeg, cinnamon and a tiny touch of oak. A wine of finesse and elegance, this is pristine with a seductive texture, silky tannins and a lingering finish with excellent length. A cracking Pinot for enjoying over the next four to eight 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.
