Vinifera Sparkling Madeleine Mudgee 2023
- 88
- $40
- Drink by: 2024-2026
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Sparkling wine from Mudgee is not a commonly encountered category and this example is from organically grown Chardonnay. The colour is very pale, indeed near transparent. This is a youthful sparkler, fresh and bright. The flavours are very much upfront here with lemon and grapefruit, supported by a minerally backing. If it can develop some extra length, it would be all the better for it, but is still very pleasant drinking at the moment.
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.
