Tim Smith Bugalugs Blanc 2025
- 92
- $30
- Drink by: 2026-2034
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Something a bit different, at least for local palates, a blend of Grenache Blanc, Marsanne and Roussanne. Very much a tribute to the textural whites from the Rhone Valley, it is a wine which demands to be shared with friends and especially food. A richer style of seafood would be spot on. A portion of the wine does spend time maturing in older French oak. Deep yellow straw in colour, it offers the most intriguing nose. We have hints of grilled nuts, mandarins, ginger, stone fruits and melons. There is also a saline note running the journey. A gorgeous texture, supple and creamy, the wine has good length and the intensity is maintained throughout. Definitely worth a look. It should also age well and you can enjoy it anytime over the next eight years. Very attractive.
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.
