Warramunda Chardonnay 2023
- 92
- $55
- Drink by: 2024-2030
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Another very fine Yarra Chardonnay, although this one is a little more muted at this stage. Under cork so that may be playing a role in this. It may have more promise for the long haul, but at this stage is a little less exuberant. From the Coldstream sub-region in the Yarra Valley, the wine is refined, with notes of spices, lemon peel, herbs and biscuits. Quite fine with a nice flick of acidity and good intensity, this is a wine of medium length. Now for four to six 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.
