Not one but two little Tassie devil’s to kick of your Olympic weekend! This is fantastic value in Tassie grigio, presenting the understated restraint of the season, while maintaining a perfumed lemon blossom lift and elegant, primary crunchy pear and lemon zest flavours. Impressive persistence and balance, finishing textural and long. $17 at Aussie Wines, […]
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A taut and honed vintage for Ninth Island, true to the season in its understated crunchy pear and lemon zest notes. It’s firmly acidic and will benefit from a couple of years to soften and build. $17 at Cracka.
readFGR has ascended to the lofty position of one of Tassie’s most important medium sweet rieslings. 2011 will land in October and you’re the first to hear about it because this is an outstanding season for this wine, deriving energy and vitality from the cool conditions. A gorgeous bouquet captures the edgy mood of the […]
readEven after more than twenty years at their spectacular estate, Steve and Monique Lubiana maintain an almost child-like excitement and attitude of playful experimentation that ensures that nothing remains status quo here. Primavera is their second label, but there’s nothing second rate here. Notes of gunflint and charcuterie intermingle magnificently with beautifully defined grapefruit and […]
readAn outstanding gris of structure, precision, fruit definition, texture and deceptive longevity. It showcases the taut focus of the cool 2011 season within a fruit profile of pristine focus and intensity of musk, grapefruit and pear, with a hint of wild honey. A razor-sharpened backbone of acidity supports poised crunchy pear and grapefruit with a […]
readTalented Frogmore Creek winemaker, Frenchman Alain Rousseau, set out to craft a delicate sauvignon of low alcohol, mineral texture and crisp structure that fell somewhere between Sancerre and Pouilly Fume in style. Fermented entirely in oak, he hit his mark already in the second vintage with this ethereal, fragrant and textural style. A gorgeous perfume […]
readUnashamedly Tasmanian, unashamedly 2011 and unashamedly under $15 this week! A taut and honed chardonnay that carries the high-tensile acidity of the vintage with poise, making for a refreshing aperitif style of pretty white peach and lemon blossom. $14.25 at Dan’s.
readPeter and Mark Saturno put on a four course tapas spread in the middle of their idyllic vineyard at Macclesfield every Sunday afternoon. Check it out next time you’re in the Hills, and spend a lazy afternoon glugging Red Bucket. This well made, medium-bodied blend is an appealing bistro style, capturing lively berry fruits, rhubarb […]
readGraceful elegance is not limited to Deviation Road’s outstanding sparkling and aromatic white wines, but on show even its entry red. It carries a restrained fruit profile of impressively focused dark berries, cherries and plums, finely textured tannins and a classic Adelaide Hills cool climate pepper focus.
readTune in. This is the best sub-$20 pinot ever to appear in Wine Taste Weekly. If you’ve never visited Shaw & Smith, you’ve probably never discovered its aptly named second label, Incognito. The good news is that you can enjoy these great value and handsomely labelled wines from the comfort of your living room by […]
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