Yarraloch Single Vineyard Pinot Noir 2019
- 94
- $40
- Drink by: 2022-2030
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There is a touch to these wines that lifts them well above the pac – great examples of what the Yarra does so well. This is a gleaming crimson in colour. The nose has spices, herbs, raspberries, cranberries, truffle notes, bay leaves, freshly picked beetroot, dried herbs, bergamot, coffee grinds and animal skins. Good early complexity and any oak influence is now very much part of the wine – nothing sticks out. It is indeed seamless with very good length, fine balance and silky tannins. The wine is also taut and driven by a vibrant line of acidity so should drink well at any stage over the next eight years, as it continues to evolve.
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.
