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Howard Vineyard Adelaide Hills Sparkling Pinot Noir Chardonnay
Perfect celebration fizz from the Adelaide Hills. Howard Vineyard's cool-climate wines are really making a splash, and this vintage Sparkling – made with top quality Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from their Beautiful Valley and Charleston vineyards – is a tongue-tingling, nose-prickling, palate-pleasing delight. Vibrant raspberry, cherry and strawberry from the Pinot Noir greet your palate upfront. Soon to be followed by green apple, citrus and peach notes from the Chardonnay. which also offers texture and nutty flavour to the wine. This beautiful bubbly finishes fresh and dry with a hint of creaminess. Perfect for celebrations, it also makes a wonderful accompaniment to richly flavoured foods like lobster mornay or a gruyere soufflé.
Windsor Great Park Vineyard Release 8
Irvine Spring Hill Eden Valley Pinot Gris
Irvine's Spring Hill range is always good value – this aromatic Pinot Gris from the Eden Valley a perfect example – and it boasts many high scores up to 95pts. i>"It’s delightfully fruited and elegantly expressed on the nose, presenting Gala apple, Asian pear, fig, and lemon peel aromas. The palate is equally appealing with juicy fruit intensity, fleshy texture, and bright acidity, finishing lingering and vibrant. 93pts". (Sam Kim, Wine Orbit). Dave Brookes in The Halliday Wine Companion likes its: "… aromas of crunchy pear, grapefruit and citrus fruits, hints of white flowers, green apple, stone, almond paste, distant dried herbs and fennel tops. Just a touch of texture on the palate with a sprinkling of crushed herbs and a crisp, savoury endpoint. 91pts. Great Value." Dave Brookes
Zonte's Footstep Shades of Gris Adelaide Hills Pinot Grigio
A favourite Grigio (though Gris by name) from the dynamic Zonte's Footstep team on great form with this bright Adelaide Hills treasure. A frequent Gold and high score winner. Reviewing a previous vintage, Ken Gargett WinePilot commented: "Always great fun to review the Zonte’s Footstep wines – cracking wines, brilliant value and some weird and wacky labels… It does hover between the two styles – Gris and Grigio – which is, I guess, the point. 92pts" Sam Kim Wine Orbit has called it "Fresh and elegant… finishing crip-dry and lingering. 92pts" An assessment certainly apt for this vintage too.
Lake Breeze Bullant Langhorne Creek Chardonnay
Trentham Estate Pinot Gris
The Winemaking: Once harvested the fruit was crushed and pressed; the juice was cold settled and racked to ferment. The ferment was carried out with selected yeast and stopped with some residual sugar. Post fermentation the wine was stabilised, clarified and bottled. With Food: Enjoy with matured cheeses and spicy Asian dishes.
Harewood Estate Denmark Riesling
Poured into a wine glass, this white wine displays an exceptionally pale straw appearance which is accompanied by vibrant green hues. A swirl of the glass exhibits rich citrus and floral aromas with a touch of passionfruit. Spicy undertones complete the fruity nose and pave the way for a seamless palate which opens with pear and grapefruit flavours. Sherbet characters follow and the wine ends in a long finish, marked by citrus acidity. Enjoy this wine within 2 to 3 years from vintage to make the most of its youthful flavours. Alternately, it can be cellared for up to 15 years for more complex and toasty characters.
Harewood Estate Reserve Semillon Sauvignon Blanc
Showcasing a brilliant appearance with a pale straw colour and youthful green rim, this Semillon Sauvignon Blanc exudes pungent aromas of quince, lemon, gooseberry and herbaceous snow peas. These intense aromas are followed by a pure palate offering delicious citrus fruit characters that are balanced by a touch of tropical passion fruit. Complex flinty undertones are complemented by subtle French oak, leading to a long and persistent finish marked by grapefruit acidity. A lively wine to be consumed now, the drink will develop great complexity over the next 5 years.
Harewood Estate Frankland River Riesling
A brilliant, exceptionally pale straw colour with youthful green tinges. The wine exhibits pungent spicy blossom and hints of stone fruits enhanced by an underlying citrus vibrancy. A seamless palate, with initial flavours of passionfruit and mandarin leading to a spicy mid-palate with richer hints of mango sorbet finishing with classic mouth-watering lemons and limes. Established in 1988 in Denmark, Western Australia, Harewood Estate was bought by ex-Howard Park winemaker, James Kellie, and his family in 2003. Since then, the winery has moved forward in leaps and bounds. It has garnered many favourable reviews from renowned wine critics whilst collecting a swag of wine show medals and trophies along the way. Kellie prides himself on delving into the true expression of the Great Southerns sub-regions of Denmark, Porongurup, Frankland River and Mount Barker using grape varietals such as Riesling, Semillon, Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon. As Harewood Estate says, The art is on the inside of every bottle. The fruit is sourced from select, low yielding vineyards from each sub-region to produce cool climate wines James Halliday refers to as Wines of exemplary quality and typicity.
Logan Love & Valour Orange Riesling
The grapes for this lipsmacking wine are grown in Orange, 950 metres above sea level. This crisp, cold, but sunny climate is the perfect place to grow Riesling. Low temperatures retain varietal vibrancy and minerality while the sunshine drives the production of rich tropical fruit, resulting in a wine of immense flavour and character.