Vinaceous Margaret River Rosé 2024
- 92
- $30
- Drink by: 2025-2029
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The team like to keep the making of this wine in the style of as much minimal intervention as they can and this can result in a fraction of cloudiness, which is not a problem at all. Shiraz is the usual grape of choice and production is only small. The result is impressive. A pale and yet neon pink, we have a nose with aromas wafting through spices, strawberries, red fairy floss and some gentle cherry notes. Fresh and yet retaining a touch of refinement, there is fine acidity and good balance, as well as a lovely lingering finish. This bright and vibrant style will provide pleasure 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.
