Swinney Mourvèdre Rosé 2024
- 95
- $65
- Drink by: 2024-2028
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The previous vintage was for me, the best Australian Rosé I have yet seen. This one is certainly comparable. Small production, but the finesse, the elegance and the focus, makes this a true classic. From dry-grown bush vines on an ironstone gravel hilltop, located in their Powderbark vineyard in Frankland River, there is also a dollop of Vermentino and Cinsault included, co-fermented, with the wine then spending time in old French oak barrels, for five months on lees. Worth every penny. From the Frankland River region, the colour is a pale if slightly bronzed pink. The nose offers notes of rose petals, spices, florals, pink grapefruit and strawberries. There is such elegance here, with juicy, seabreeze-like acidity, remarkable balance and a long and lingering finish. The palate sees more notes of strawberries and florals emerging. A compelling Rosé that is a must-try at some stage over the next 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.
