St Mary’s Pinot Noir 2023
- 91
- $35
- Drink by: 2024-2028
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Pinot Noir from Coonawarra is not a traditional style – these grapes are from terra rossa soil at the team’s Penola vineyard – but one that will intrigue many. A crimson hue, the nose has lifted and fresh aromatics with red fruits, cherries, bergamot, orange blossoms and a touch of vanilla. The structure is quite seamless and supple with appealingly sleek tannins. There is a lingering finish and the wine should drink well for the next three 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.
