Yarraloch La Cosette Pinot Noir 2019
- 92
- $30
- Drink by: 2022-2026
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A single vineyard Yarra Pinot, which is apparently the winery’s entry level effort, which augurs extremely well for the other wines in the range. This is deep red in colour. There are notes of root vegetables, dry herbs, mulberries, spices, tobacco leaves and red fruits. There also appears to be a flick of oak which helps tie everything together. There is decent length and an appealing, supple, creamy texture. The finish does have a drying grip to it, but it lingers nicely. Good drinking now and over 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.
