Tiefenbrunner Merus Sauvignon Blanc
This wine boasts not only a luminous yellow with green reflexes, but also a beautiful bouquet of nettle, elderflower, sage and mint. This Sauvignon Blanc is elegant and harmonious, with a pleasant and juicy finish. Considered to be a benchmark producer in the region, Tiefenbrunner was founded in 1848 and their range of wines including Chardonnay, Maller Thurgau, Pinot Grigio, Pinot Bianco and Sauvignon Blanc continue to delight wine-lovers throughout the world. Their vineyards lie on the steep slopes of the region, one in particular, the Feldmarschell von Fenner Maller Thurgau is at 1000 metres above sea-level, and is trellised with the local pergola and wine frame methods. The winery is located in Entiklar, a hamlet of Kurtatsch and the estate consistently wins many awards in Italy's most famous wine guide, the Gambero Rosso.
Highland Heritage Orange Nikki D Riesling
Colour: Vibrant light straw with tinges of pale green.Nose: Aromatic citrus blossom and floral perfume notes.Palate: Natural balance and harmony punctuated by a subtle floral perfume between acidity and sweetness. Intense lime and mineral flavours add great length to the wine and the lower alcohol of 8.5% entices a second glass.
Highland Heritage Mt Canobolas Chardonnay
The colour is a vibrant light to mid straw with tinges of pale green. The nose shows peach and melon characters with subtle spicy vanilla wood characters. Undertones of cashew, butterscotch and vegemite umami from extended lees contact and careful oak selection. The pallet is showing rich peach and pear fruit with spicy undertones. Extended lees contact in French Oak barriques adds dimension and length to the wine providing great texture, intense flavour through the length of the pallet. The wines finished dry with crisp acidity and a gratifying creamy finish.
Highland Heritage Mt Canobolas Dry Riesling
The wine is pale gold in colour with youthful, green hues. The bouquet is elegant and intense with smoky citrus lime and floral varietal characters.The palate shows youthful intense varietal floral Riesling fruit characters filling the length of the palate balanced with a long crisp clean acid finish. There is also a hint of smokiness and lime characteristics, a full middle palate and a touch of alcohol sweetness on the finish. While extremely enjoyable now, the history of this wine shows it will gain further complexity and depth of flavour over the next 4 - 10 years. The wine is crisp and sophisticated and may be served alone or with fine cuisine such as white meat fish yabbies or seafood.
Highland Heritage Mt Canobolas Fume Blanc
Fume Blanc is a term use for wood aged/treated Sauvignon Blanc, made famous by the Sancerre wine region of France. Pale straw in colour with youthful green tints, the bouquet explodes with grassy and elegant distinctive Sauvignon Blanc and asparagus/passionfruit/lime characteristics with rich vanilla wood overtones. The intense herbaceous fruit dominates on the palate with soft tannin and vanilla wood characters. The flavour fills the mouth and has a long lingering finishing with clean crisp acidity typical of an elegant cold climate white wine. Crisp and sophisticated this full bodied wine would be an ideal aperitif or serve with its perfect food partner steamed asparagus or with fine cuisine such as freshly chucked oysters.
Highland Heritage Mt Canobolas Cellar Release Chardonnay
Oak Maturation: 9 months in new and one year old French oak barriques. Monthly batonnage on lees. Vintage: The 2016 vintage cold and wet in the early part of the season. The temperature then spiked in early October continuing to a mixture of warm days wet days and cool dry nights in the latter part of the season. Most rainfall was in the pre Spring growing period with drip irrigation required towards the end of the growing period around April. Winemakers Comments: Only free run juice used in this wine, inoculated with Burgundian yeast strains. Barrel & malolactic fermentation at 20 degrees celcius. Lees stirring over a nine month storage period.Tasting Note: The colour is a vibrant straw with tinges of pale green. The nose shows peach and melon characters with subtle spicy vanilla wood characters. Undertones of cashew, butterscotch and vegemite umami from extended lees contact and careful oak selection. The pallet is showing rich peach and pear fruit with spicy undertones. Extended lees contact in French Oak barriques adds dimension and length to the wine providing great texture, intense flavour through the length of the pallet. The wines finished dry with crisp acidity and a gratifying creamy finish. The extra bottle age has enhanced the pallet texture and mouth feel.Food: Raw and lightly cooked shellfish like crab and prawns, steamed or grilled fish, fish pâtés, fish, chicken or vegetable terrines and pasta or risotto with spring vegetables. Also goes well with creamy vegetable soups.
Bunnamagoo Semillon Sauvignon Blanc
Grapes for the Bunnamagoo wines are sourced from the Bunnamagoo Estate near Rockley, and from the Eurunderee vineyard, not far from Mudgee, NSW.Vibrant pale lemon. Delicate citrus, tropical fruit, cut grass and herbs. Light and crisp grapefruit and lime, white peach and dried pear, in a youthful and appealing style, with limey acidity and touches of white pepper to finish.
Carillion GM198 Clone Riesling
Single vineyard wines made from selecting the best possible parcel from the best blocks in the vineyard to produce a wine that is truly expressive of the variety, region and terroir. A no compromise approach to winemaking and blending produces wines that are the pinnacle of the Carillion range.
Slow Wine Co Riesling
Slow Wine Riesling offers blossoms, lime, honeysuckle. Fine boned, crisp clean mineral finish. Available a select regional stores.
Mayfield Vineyard Eighteen Fifteen Chardonnay
A wine that wowed our Tasting Panel when assessed, from boutique producer Mayfield Vineyard in Orange. Power and refinement, a superb wine.Opalescent green straw. Energetic nectarine and pineapple with alluring notes of struck match, flint and nougat. Rich, ripe and velvety, with an even mix of melon and fig, notes of white cheese and wood smoke, mouth-watering acidity, and balanced oak.