This is no small price to pay for a small bottle of sweet, low alcohol fizzy wine, but for this you’re buying into one of the better moscatos on the shelves. It’s creamy and rounded, with flavours of nectarine jam, rosewater and cooked strawberries. Impeccable acid balance lifts it to the next level, offsetting considerable […]
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Centuries of heritage and experience at Campbells filter right down to its entry muscat, a sweet and lively style of apricot, spice, caramel, golden syrup and honey. It’s lifted by a fresh rosewater lift, a celebration of the heady aromatics of young muscat. $15 at Liquorland Direct.
readIs this the best sub-$20 Margaret River chardonnay? Yes. And this week it’s the best sub-$15 ($14 at Our Cellar). It ticks all the boxes like nothing else at this price: pure lemon blossom, grapefruit and white peach, powerful Gin Gin clone, lively energy of malic acidity, texture of barrel fermentation and complexity of lees […]
readMike and Claudia Weersing build pinot noir to capture the texture and character of its site, denoted here by a salty mouth feel derived from the limestone that underlies this vineyard. But here it’s the bouquet that really sets the wine apart. Delightfully exotic and alluring, it dances with violets, macerated cherries and exotic spice […]
readRumour has it that Morris is privileged to the largest reserves of old Tokay and Muscat in the country, and a recent poke through its grand barrel shed reveals a heritage like I have seen nowhere in the world. The price at which you and I can procure a bottle of this heritage is laughable, […]
readPlanted between 1982 and the early 1990s, Rippon enjoys mature vines like no others in Central Otago. But Nick Mills suggests it’s only been since 2009 that his vines have settled into a natural balance, thanks to a regime of organic cultivation. No vintage reflects this more emphatically than 2010, stepping up the most photogenic […]
readThe cool 2011 season has blessed Wantirna with an impeccable chardonnay, pristine and youthful, with a confident future before it. With a green note to its pale straw hue, it contrasts the lively lift of lemon blossom and the crunch of lime zest with the generosity of succulent white peach, underlined by subtle, classy French […]
readMaude’s pinot vines celebrated their 16th birthday in 2010, and their fruit gains in elegance and confidence with each year. it’s handled 100 percent whole bunch particularly well here, with all the exotic action you’d expect, yet with restraint, poise, effortless persistence of black fruits and fine, silky tannins. $50 at Wine Box Warehouse.
readAt an average of 18 years of age, Morris Grand is only just legal, but this is ample time to build great complexity and intensity. Secondary red fruits have taken on bitter walnut notes, while subtle sweetness is offset by taut acidity on a very long finish.
readFragrant, spicy and unashamedly elegant, this is a pinot alive with rose hip, red cherry and pink pepper personality. Brendon Keys has tactically kept the new oak influence to just 10%, upholding the beautifully styled, fine, grainy, peppery tannins and lingering appeal of its fruit.
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