Yarraloch Chardonnay 2021
- 92
- $50
- Drink by: 2024-2028
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If anyone ever lost track of just how good the Yarra Valley can be for Chardonnay, the wines from this producer will soon set you straight. From a single vineyard, this has a deep yellow hue. There is good concentration throughout, but this never impairs the balance. A richly flavoured wine with stone fruits, cashews, apricot kernels, gentle tropical touches and peaches. A wine of decent length, with saline acidity running the full journey. Attractive now and will surely remain so for the next three to four years, and further improvement can be expected over that period
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.
