Yering Station Reserve Chardonnay 2021
- 95
- $130
- Drink by: 2023-2031
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From two parcels, whole bunch pressed into 500 litre French oak puncheons for fermentation, partially wild. 20% of the oak was new with no malo and nine months in barrel on lees, before a further five months in tank. Shimmering green/gold hue, with a beautifully appealing nose – stonefruit, white peaches, florals, riverstones and the merest whiff of nuts. Superb fruit here with quality oak and the integration proceeding apace. Seamless and balanced, with a persistent finish and hint of nougat on the palate. A wonderfully elegant Chardy with intensity to drink over the next six to eight years, the score will surely creep even higher in the coming 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.
