Winestate Magazine November December 2021

rreeggi oi onnaal l ttaasstti ni ngg Reillys Dry Land Kirrihill Wines Taylors Taylor Made Reillys Old Vine Clare Valley Shiraz Partner Series Clare Clare Valley Shiraz Stolen Block Clare 2017 HHHHH 98pts Valley Shiraz 2019 2019 HHHH 95pts Valley Shiraz 2017 “Wow! What a cracker HHHHH 98pts A deep purple wine that HHH1/2 92pts – a perfect classic Aromas of blueberries is very herbaceous and A developing softening Clare,” said one judge. and blackcurrants with earthy with good length wine; everything in Lovely oak esters to a slight savoury lift. and balance. Drinking balance. Nice powdery the blue fruit nose and Long, generous and full well right now! $25 tannins and some a delightful elegance of flavoured palate with Sevenhill Inigo alcohol warmth. $65 spicy shiraz fruit flavours lovely, sweet shiraz Clare Shiraz 2019 Gaelic Cemetery on the palate. $38 fruit and some great HHHH 94pts Vineyard Celtic Farm stalkiness. “Lots to Complex spicy purple Clare Valley Shiraz give!” $29.99 fruit nose with a mineral Cabernet 2018 Kirrihill Wines thread. Great palate HHH 91pts Regional Series weight and structure This Aussie blend shows Clare Valley with good fruit and firm clipped sweet fruit Shiraz 2020 tannins. $28 with slight Bonox-like HHHH1/2 96pts Taylors St Andrews nuances. $25 A lovely young and Clare Valley Shiraz Byrne Reserve vibrant style of shiraz 2019 HHHH 94pts Clare Valley Shiraz offering an abundance Big, lifted oak driven 2018 HHH 91pts of peppery purple fruit, aromas and an oak Spicy oak dominant subtle spicy oak and dominant palate with style with a medicinal “polished” tannins. some sweet fruit character; has power, $19 pushing through. A vibrancy and length. $28 Gaelic Cemetery consumer favourite. $75 Reillys Dry Land Vineyard McAskill Kirrihill Wines E.B's Clare Valley Shiraz Clare Valley The Gentleman Of 2018 HHH 90pts Shiraz 2019 Clare Clare Valley Lifted oak on the nose HHHH1/2 96pts Shiraz Mataro 2018 and palate with pretty Lean but complex. HHH1/2 92pts blackberry fruit sitting “Looks European,” Quite meaty on the underneath. $38 thought one judge. nose with a big soft and Paulett Wines Clare Has a spicy peppery juicy fruit palate, sweet Valley Shiraz 2019 fruit nose and nicely upfront with a warming HHH 90pts balanced, but not fruit finish. $65 A lighter leaner fruit centric, palate. “I like driven shiraz with a very it!” $55 nice line of tannins. $30 November/December 2021 W I N E S TAT E 51

PINOT NOIR 130 TASTED 74 AWARDED PINOT NOIR This variety is certainly gaining more consumer interest as we Hare Raising Yarra OTU Marlborough speak and it is enjoying higher prices than many of the other red Valley Pinot Noir Pinot Noir 2020 varieties so you may be paying a bit more. What is good to see 2020 HHH1/2 92pts HHH1/2 92pts is that winemakers are now not as scared of producing lighter Subtle cherry blossom Intense purple wine coloured wines than in the past and not needing other varietals bouquet with a gamey with rhubarb and plums to add colour or flavour. A win, win, situation. thread and complex on the nose and good savoury/herbaceous power to the perfumed PINOT NOIR PINOT NOIR varietal palate. $20 plum palate. $29 UNDER $20 $20-$25 McArthur Ridge Mount Riley Southern Tor Central 10 TASTED 10 TASTED Marlborough Otago Pinot Noir Pinot Noir 2020 2020 HHH1/2 92pts 2 AWARDED 4 AWARDED HHH 91pts “A different Big, fresh and youthful interpretation of the Judges said, Some good results here, McArthur Ridge with good intensity variety!” Ripe and rich “Expectations were low for the price, particularly Brassknocker of rich varietal fruit with a powerful oak for this price bracket but from New Zealand. Central Otago characters. $20 NZ and fruit combination. the two that made the Pinot Noir 2020 $29.99 NZ grade looked like pinot.” Yealands HHHH1/2 96pts PINOT NOIR Summerhouse Marlborough Very varietal nose of $25-$30 Marlborough Ara Single Estate Pinot Noir 2020 perfumed black cherry Pinot Noir 2019 Marlborough HHHH1/2 96pts aromas with pretty 23 TASTED HHH1/2 92pts Pinot Noir 2020 Lovely lifted ripe purple fruit on the 10 AWARDED Developed chocolaty HHHH 94pts and spicy plum and beautifully structured aromas, a sound palate A pretty varietal with blackberry aromas palate with a spicy oak A bit more varietal with nice savouriness, sweet beetroot-like fruit followed by a richly influence. $22.99 NZ interest in those wines perfumed notes and firm characters and showing textured palate that recommended. Some tannins. $28.99 traces of earthy gamey is loaded with long styles are light and Babydoll notes. “Great value for powerful varietal fruit perfumed whilst others Marlborough money!” $19.99 flavours. $22.95 NZ are full and ripe. Pinot Noir 2020 HHH 91pts Gapsted Wines Forest Of The Echoes A big fresh full-bodied Tobacco Road King Tasmania Pinot Noir fruit driven style with Valley Pinot Noir 2020 HHHH 95pts earthy/beet-like varietal 2019 HHH1/2 93pts Vibrant red wine with characters. $25.95 NZ Slightly ethereal cherry a purple edge, light Cat Out Of The Bag cola aromas and a sweet bright spicy peppery Bellarine Peninsula ripe red/black fruit palate nose and more Pinot Noir 2020 with ‘slippery’ tannins. spiciness on the zippy HHH 91pts $16 plum fruit palate. $25 Very savoury style showing good energy and an abundance of fine tannins. $28 JUDGES Andrew Locke Bill Hardy Brett Smith Winemaker with Corporate oenologist for Winemaker at Peter Rosemount Wines Accolade Wines (formerly Lehmann wines in the since 1998. Previously Constellation). 28 years’ Barossa Valley. Associate he was a winemaker winemaking experience in judge at the Barossa with Orlando Wyndham places such as McLaren wine show and small and De Bortoli Wines. Vale, WA and France. Has winemakers shows (QLD). He has completed judged internationally Has completed AWAC vintages in the US and (France & Japan), and course. Previously a Loire (France). In 1993 been an associate senior winemaker at Lindemans he attended the AWRI judge at 20+ state & and Penfolds. Has vintaged advanced assessment regional wine shows in in California. course. Australia. 52 W I N E S TAT E November/December 2021

varietal tasting PINOT NOIR Yealands Awatere $30-$35 Valley Marlborough Pinot Noir 19 TASTED 2020 HHH 91pts Deep purple wine more 11 AWARDED of a big red style – sound and uncomplicated. A mixed group with $32.95 NZ strong results from the 2020 vintage but the Spy Valley older wines generally Marlborough New appeared to be fading Zealand Pinot Noir away. “We are starting 2019 HHH 91pts to see more winemaking Big oaky style but skills here with better there is some powerful quality fruit overall,” said varietal fruit underneath. one judge. “We are also $32.90 seeing the use of more quality oak.” Clyde Park Locale Geelong Pinot Noir Pipers Tamar Valley Giesen Small Batch Sidewood Estate 2020 HHH 90pts Ponting Mowbray Tasmania Pinot Noir Marlborough Adelaide Hills Perfumed briary fruit Boy Tasmania 2020 HHH 91pts Pinot Noir 2020 Pinot Noir 2020 aromas and a soft simple Pinot Noir 2020 A classic pinot nose and HHHHH 98pts HHHH1/2 97pts red fruit palate. $30 HHHH1/2 97pts authentic varietal palate. A very ripe style with “So genuine!” enthused An authentic well- Very savoury with great powerful rhubarb/plum one judge. Nose and d'Arenberg The Feral made pinot with pretty energy. $29 aromas with some palate are a blend of Fox Adelaide Hills primary plum fruit Morambro Creek savouriness evident and earthy, stewed rhubarb Pinot Noir 2019 fragrances and subtle Wines Jip Jip Rocks similar characters carry and forest floor varietal HHH 90pts cedary oak that is Fleurieu Peninsula through onto the great characters. Soft and A big fleshy wine with echoed on the nice Pinot Noir 2020 palate with soft tannins fleshy in the mouth. $32 powerful cola-like fruit fresh and fleshy palate HHH 91pts and a sweet finish. Ballewindi and a very savoury with its soft tannin A fleshy style with lifted $34.99 Mornington finish. $32 backbone. $35 sweet perfumed black Of Light & Shadow Peninsula Wignalls Single cherry fruit and good Yarra Valley Pinot Noir 2020 Foxey's Hangout Vineyard Albany tannin structure. $25 Pinot Noir 2019 HHHH1/2 96pts Red Fox Mornington Pinot Noir 2020 Zonzo Estate Yarra HHHHH 98pts Very varietal and Peninsula Pinot Noir HHHH1/2 97pts Valley Pinot Noir Very pinot! Lovely very elegant style 2019 HHH 90pts A spicy cherry 2020 HHH 90pts balance between with earthy/gamey Sweet/perfumed complexity to the nose Subdued nose - hints of lifted cherry fruits and strawberry/rhubarb strawberry/raspberry with some earthy fruit with a fuller fleshier mushroomy/forest floor fruit characters, slightly fruit with ripe tannins. elements. Long, rich herbaceous/cherry characters on the nose. smoky oak and a fine Easy drinking. $32 and earthy varietal fruit palate. $27 Long sweet fruit palate tannin structure. $30 flavours on a sweet Hunter's with very fleshy/supple Gala Estate White PINOT NOIR vibrant palate with Marlborough tannins. Drink now! $31 Label Tasmania $35-$40 drying tannins. $35 Pinot Noir 2020 Elysian Springs Pinot Noir 2020 HHH 90pts Silent Waters HHHH1/2 96pts 15 TASTED Cherry berry aromas Adelaide Hills Pinot Very youthful and 10 AWARDED with perfumed Noir 2020 uncomplicated style nuances and a nice HHHH1/2 97pts with pretty perfumed “The wines here are straightforward oak Red/purple wine with fruit and cedary oak consistently a step driven palate. $28.90 a big complex dark aromas. Long, soft and up,” agreed the judges. cherry bouquet and a flavoursome palate “Here we are seeing voluptuous palate that’s with a soft tannin a density and power fleshy in the mouth structure. $32 of fruit with retained with mouth filling plum/ freshness offering great blackcurrant flavours. $30 balance,” said one judge. November/December 2021 W I N E S TAT E 53

PINOT NOIR Wignalls Single Tomich Woodside Bream Creek James Busby Foxey's Hangout Vineyard Albany Vineyard Adelaide Vineyard Estate Tasmania Pinot Noir Foxeys Mornington Pinot Noir 2019 Hills Pinot Noir Tasmania Pinot Noir 2019 HHHH 94pts Peninsula Pinot Noir HHHH1/2 97pts 2020 HHHH 94pts 2020 HHHHH 98pts Green herbal characters 2020 HHH 91pts Nose offers a big lift of Powerful lifted sweet A very vibrant purple dominate the slightly More of a savoury pinot cherry, berry and rhubarb plum and herbal nose hued wine with a lovely candied nose. Nice with powerful fruit and aromas with earthy and a sweet, richly rich perfumed fruit savoury style palate with attractive smoky/flinty traces and a serious textured, fruit driven bouquet and a fabulous a fleshy texture. $40 elements. $40 palate with good flavour palate. A very pretty palate that has lovely Patina Orange NSW Invivo Michelle's weight, lots of oak and a wine. $35 layers of sweet varietal Pinot Noir 2018 Central Otago supple finish. $35 fruit flavours. $45 HHHH 94pts Pinot Noir 2020 Giesen Organic Boat O'Craigo Black Vandemonian A lift of violets to the HHH 91pts Marlborough Spur Yarra Valley Coal River Valley sweet red cherry nose. Big black fruit bouquet Pinot Noir 2019 Pinot Noir 2020 Tasmania Pinot Noir Excellent pinot flavours with a powerful lift HHHH1/2 97pts HHH1/2 92pts 2020 HHHH 95pts on the soft, fleshy and and richly defined fruit An intense powerful Savoury nose – all Typical cool climate well-balanced palate. $45 palate. $40 purple wine – in the spicy and leathery with pinot with classic flinty Pooles Rock Alex Russell Wines savoury spectrum with crunchy red fruit flavours characters mingling with Premiere Adelaide Cazadora Tasmania very serious and fleshy showing an herbaceous sweet earthy rhubarb- Hills Pinot Noir Pinot Noir 2020 varietal fruit showing element. $35 like fruit and obvious 2018 HHHH 94pts HHH 91pts some spiciness and oak. $45 A very savoury style, Unusual spicy peppery loads of quality oak. Ladies Who Shoot Woodgate The Black well made with very nose with a light, clean $39.99 Their Lunch Victoria George Single good varietal aromas and and simple palate. Good Carrick Unravelled Pinot Noir 2019 Vineyard Pemberton flavours. Still showing to drink! $45 Central Otago HHH1/2 92pts Pinot Noir 2019 some freshness. $45 Leura Park Estate Pinot Noir 2020 A big, soft and quite HHHH 95pts Bellarine Estate Bellarine Peninsula HHHH 94pts oaky pinot sitting in Typical earthy, Phil's Bellarine Pinot Noir 2019 A big, fleshy and the cherry cola fruit mushroom and cherry Pinot Noir 2020 HHH 91pts powerful New Zealand spectrum. “Very cola varietal aromas and HHH1/2 92pts Straightforward tannic pinot, dense with flavoursome,” said one a powerful palate with Quite a subtle cherry style with savoury black fruits showing judge. $35 mouth filling primary and plum bouquet with a cherry fruit and nice cinnamon-like spiciness fruit flavours. $48 fleshy palate that is rich earthiness. $42 and a tannic finish. $35 Golden Mile Hawkshead Central with fruit and obvious Jack Rabbit Marlborough Otago Pinot Noir oak. $40 Vineyard Bellarine Pinot Noir 2020 2020 HHHH 94pts Sidewood Abel Peninsula Pinot Noir HHH 90pts Oaky nose with earthy, Adelaide Hills 2019 HHH 91pts Big impact of sweet spicy, black fruit Pinot Noir 2020 Uncomplicated vanillin oak here but nuances. Powerful HHH1/2 92pts commercial style. Good has solid varietal fruit palate with loads of A light bodied varietal weight and length of underneath. $35 flavour and quite racy that has subtle earthy cherry/rhubarb fruit. $45 acidity. $49.50 notes to the varietal K1 Single Vineyard Cobb's Hill Estate fruit and attractive green Adelaide Hills Pioneer Adelaide spicy notes. $40 Pinot Noir 2019 Hills Pinot Noir Yes Said The Seal HHH 91pts 2020 HHH 90pts Bellarine Peninsula Lifted perfumed Light, tight, perfumed Pinot Noir 2019 aromatics and a simple, pinot with sour cherry HHH1/2 92pts gamey varietal flavour fruit and spicy/savoury A fragrant complexity profile. $45 touches. $38 of stewed red fruits and Saint & Scholar herbal elements and Soap Box Single PINOT NOIR stalky nuances to the Vineyard Adelaide $40-$50 earthy palate. $42 Hills Pinot Noir Giesen Single 2019 HHH 90pts 28 TASTED Vineyard Clayvin Interesting, sweet and 19 AWARDED Marlborough nicely maturing wine Pinot Noir 2016 with earthy rhubarb A consistent and solid HHH1/2 92pts characters. $45 group of wines of similar A mature wine with Giesen Single quality to the previous lovely balance and Vineyard Ridge flight. complexity. Quite Block Marlborough savoury and still has Pinot Noir some varietal fruit 2016 HHH 90pts evident. $49.99 Stewed red fruit-like aromas and a warm sweet palate with earthy overtones. $49.99 54 W I N E S TAT E November/December 2021

varietal tasting PINOT NOIR Bangor Abel Tasman Silkwood Estate The Lowestoft Estate Foxey's Hangout $50-$70 Tasmania Pinot Noir Bowman Pemberton Tasmania White Gates 2019 HHHH 94pts Pinot Noir 2019 Pinot Noir 2019 Mornington 12 TASTED Intense lifted dark plum HHH 91pts HHHH1/2 96pts Peninsula Pinot Noir 9 AWARDED fruit fragrances and Developed and oaky Pretty cherry red wine 2019 HHH1/2 93pts An excellent group a palate that exhibits with subtle spicy varietal with a youthful berry Ethereal black fruit worthy of the top rating! power and complexity fruit and a hint of bacon- bouquet – very varietal. aromas with cinnamon Gala Estate Black with nice primary fruit like character. $55 Mid weight, savoury notes. Great palate; Label 1821 Tasmania and oak tannins. $50 palate with some good length and Pinot Noir 2020 Gala Estate Black PINOT NOIR stalkiness and some intensity of warm HHHHH 98pts Label Tasmania $70+ spiciness. “A crowd flavours. $70 Fabulous complexity Pinot Noir 2019 pleaser!” $75 Foxey's Hangout of bright strawberry HHHH 94pts 13 TASTED Lowestoft Single Kentucky Road and cherry varietal fruit Lovely berry fruit here – 9 AWARDED Vineyard Tasmania Mornington characters on the nose still youthful with a very Pinot Noir 2019 Peninsula Pinot Noir and palate with slightly rich, warm and balanced A lovely group of dense HHHH1/2 96pts 2019 HHH 91pts stalky aromas and lovely fruit driven palate with a and complex, cool A lighter youthful classic A mature wine with vibrancy and richness of crisp line of acid. $65 climate flavours with with pretty, upfront savoury red fruit varietal flavours. $65 both power and finesse. raspberry aromas and aromas and nice rich, Pipers Brook “Winemakers are really light cola influence. uncomplicated, palate. $70 Pipers Brook Reserve Pipers River getting a handle on Spot on ripeness to the Lowestoft Estate Estate Pipers River Tasmania Pinot Noir this variety – finally!” fleshy palate with simple Tasmania Pinot Noir Tasmania 2019 HHH1/2 92pts commented one judge. varietal fruit. $90 2018 HHH 91pts Pinot Noir 2019 An attractive, lighter “We have contrasting Lowestoft La Maison Dense complex and HHHH1/2 96pts style of pinot with subtle styles from the lighter Tasmania chocolaty with aromas Savoury nose with a cedar lift to the nose perfumed Australian Pinot Noir 2019 and flavours of plums touch of forest floor and lovely long lingering styles to New Zealand’s HHHH1/2 96pts and raisins. $75 and gamey notes. A flavours. $65 wines with their fruit Big, dense, solid and Clyde Park Single straightforward racy Gala Estate Black in the fuller darker interesting New Zealand Block D Geelong palate showing some Label Tasmania spectrum.” style of pinot with an Pinot Noir 2020 complexity and fine Pinot Noir 2017 abundance of ripe fruit, HHH 90pts dark varietal fruit HHH1/2 92pts Dalwhinnie Three good fleshiness, firm Cherry/blackberry fruit, underneath. $50 An aged wine with Valleys Tasmania tannins and nice fresh with lovely, perfumed Coal Pit Tiwha powerful chocolaty Pinot Noir 2020 acidity. $175 notes, some slight Gibbston Central characters mingling with HHHHH 98pts stalkiness and grippy Otago Pinot Noir the rich sweet varietal A fine wine with green tannins. $75 2019 HHHH 95pts fruit characters. $65 spicy varietal fruit of A full-bodied slippery Seville Estate Yarra strawberries, raspberries STAR RATINGS  fleshy pinot with a black Valley Pinot Noir and cherries and cherry bouquet and 2020 HHH 91pts barnyard-like nuances. Three-, four- and five-star ratings are signs of stewed strawberry-like Cherry Ripe-like aromas Rich, warm and sweet excellence in fruit quality and winemaking skill. flavour profile and long and a powerful cherry fruit palate with All wines are judged ‘blind’ by wine industry finish. $57 driven palate. A pleasant “blonde” oak and fine professionals and are compared in peer drink. $50 tannins. $70 classes by three judges. CM Wine is exclusive to Cellarmasters, Bream Creek a major mail-order business. Vineyard Reserve CD Cellar door price. Tasmania CDO Cellar door only. Pinot Noir 2019 SO Sold out. HHHH1/2 96pts $N/A Price not available at time of printing. A very rich and  Contact information pg 105. flavoursome wine with lovely concentration of RECOMMENDED cellaring (years). fruit in the blackcurrant BEST VALUE for $20 & under. spectrum with hints of cherry cola varietal For a complete list of what we tasted characters. Good please refer to www.winestate.com.au balancing oak. $70 November/December 2021 W I N E S TAT E 55

CHAMPAGNE & SPARKLING 124 TASTED 65 AWARDED CHAMPAGNE & SPARKLING A very interesting judging, ranging from light and fresh easy PROSECCO Jacob's Creek drinkers to more complex structured and savoury styles. The ROSÉ Reserve South problem is when we get mixed messages where winemakers try Australia to make the former more than they should be and for the latter 6 TASTED Chardonnay making the wine more complex when the fruit is simply not 2 AWARDED Pinot Noir NV there! Always balance is the key! HHH1/2 92pts De Bortoli King A tight, simple and PROSECCO Brilla Veneto Valley Prosecco elegant style of sparkling Prosecco NV Rosé NV HHH 91pts with a good creamy 16 TASTED HHH 91pts Light and tight with lemon sherbet-like drive. A well-made wine with fragrant berry fruit $20 5 AWARDED attractive floral/apple characters and tangy Sidewood Estate blossom characters citric-like acid. $17.99 Adelaide Hills Generally, the two Trentham The Family and balanced acid/ Sparkling Pinot prosecco flights were Murray Darling sweetness. $20 Artwine Rosa Chardonnay NV disappointing. Those Gapsted Wines Adelaide Hills HHH 91pts wines that made the High Country King Prosecco 2021 Sweet lemon/floral nose grade exhibited more Valley Prosecco NV HHH 90pts and hints of pastry on the flavour overall. But too HHH 91pts Bright and lifted citrus driven palate. $22 many lacked freshness Nice bead, attractive prosecco with super Dee Vine Estate and were simple/tired. apple/lemon bouquet fragrant tropical fruit Range Riverina “Some were also trying and a fresh lemon characters. $28 Brut Cuvee NV too hard to make a ‘silk sherbet palate. $20 HHH 90pts purse out of a sow’s Ekhidna SEA SPARKLING Reminded one judge ear’”, said one judge. Prosecco NV UNDER $25 of a baked lemon tart; “These wines should be HHH 90pts has some autolysis and easy to drink and not too Floral/frangipani 6 TASTED some flintiness. $7 complex.” However, the nuances on nose with 4 AWARDED Bec Hardy Wines ones awarded below are subtle tart apple-like Pertaringa Lakeside worth seeking out. flavours. $20 A small group but a Australia Sparkling Zonzo Estate Yarra consistent one. “A touch NV HHH 90pts Valley Prosecco more intense with some Bright, fresh and 2021 HHH 90pts yeast autolysis evident lifted with a fragrant Persistent bead, tropical and a vibrant freshness,” persistence of citrus and notes to the nose and said one judge. floral characters. $20 a crisp fruit box of a Prosecco NV VBBAEULSYUTSE palate. $30 HHH1/2 92pts Lifted citrus nose, floral nuances, persistent bead, simple pear-like fruit and good acidity. $18 JUDGES Tim Pelquest Hunt Stephen Brown Dan Pritchard Winemaker at Pernod Ricard Winemaker for Cape Jaffa Master of Oenology. Winemakers in the Barossa Wines. Former Winemaker Sparkling winemaker Valley overseeing white, sparkling and Viticulturist for for Treasury Wines & red production. Winemaking Padthaway Estates Group. Also involved experience in New Zealand, Hunter Sparkling Winemakers. with Limestone Valley, Tasmania, Rheinhessen Has vintaged in Coast wines, (Germany), with focus on sparkling Champagne and has Jamieson’s Run and wine in Napa Valley (US) & West completed Masters of Robertson’s Well. Sussex (UK). Awarded dux prize for Winemaking in Burgundy. Associate judge AWRI Advanced Wine Assessment Judged in South Africa, at the Inland wine Course & regularly judges at wine New Zealand, France and show. shows across Australia. Australia. 56 W I N E S TAT E November/December 2021

varietal tasting SPARKLING De Bortoli La Centennial K1 Single Vineyard ROSÉ Boheme Cuvee Yarra Vineyards Southern Adelaide Hills Valley Sparkling Highlands NSW Sparkling Pinot 14 TASTED Rosé NV HHH 90pts Blanc de Blancs NV Chardonnay NV 8 AWARDED “An intriguing wine HHHH 95pts HHH1/2 92pts that is a joy to drink,” Complex, weighty and A fuller honeyed A bit hit and miss summed up one judge. maturing nicely with strawberry nose and with those selected $21.95 floral fragrances and a soft, generous, mouth showing more texture nice flavour profile to filling flavours on the and good berry fruits. Louis Bouillot Perle the silky-smooth palate. creamy palate. $35 “Generally, these are D'Aurore Rose $39.99 good food wines with a De Presse France Highgate Cuvee Blue Pyrenees touch more weight and Sparkling Rosé NV Brut South Estate Luna great to see dryness HHH 90pts Australia Sparkling Pyrenees rather than sweetness,” Deep pink wine with Chardonnay Chardonnay Pinot commented one judge. bright and cheerful Pinot Noir NV Noir Pinot Meunier red fruits. “A party HHHH 94pts NV HHH 91pts Colmar Estate animal!” $38 Bold mature citrus Quite unctuous with a Orange Brut Rosé bouquet; good yeast base of fresh ripe fruit 2017 HHHH 95pts Blue Pyrenees autolysis and zesty and a hint of complexity A complex wine with Estate Dry Pyrenees lemon/green apple developing. $28 power and presence Sparkling Rosé 2018 flavours with a salivating and layered with nougat, HHH 90pts citrus finish. $25 Harewood Mira Are You Game lemon curd and almond Brioche driven aromas Great Southern Strathbogie characters. Good with a heavy upfront Sparkling Sparkling NV autolysis. $48 lemony palate. $34 Chardonnay HHH 90pts Pinot Noir NV Bright citrusy aromas Centennial SPARKLING HHHH 94pts and a creamy textured Vineyards Southern NV A nougat-like nose palate with nice yeasty Highlands NSW $25-$40 showing delicate nuances. $25 Brut Rosé NV autolysis with nice Bec Hardy HHH1/2 92pts 18 TASTED interplay of fruit and Wines Premium A mature creamy mix of 13 AWARDED secondary derived Australia Sparkling mushroom, baked apple flavours. Bright acid. $30 Chardonnay Pinot and orange blossom A more consistent group Hunter's MiruMiru Noir NV HHH 90pts elements. $34.99 with yeast autolysis Non-Vintage Fresh fragrant bouquet, complexity and diversity Marlborough a fine bead and a precise Kreglinger Pipers with the addition of Sparkling NV lemon sherbet palate. $25 River Tasmania pinot noir giving extra HHH1/2 92pts Cat Out Of The Bag Vintage Brut Rosé flavour. “Definitely A yeasty funkiness to Bellarine Penlnsula 2016 HHH 91pts the next level with the the nose and good fruit Brut NV HHH 90pts Tight bright and refreshing better wines still holding weight and texture to Citrus fruit characters, with the primary fruit freshness whilst some the palate with a zesty yeasty complexity and framed by secondary others were ‘long in the acid spine. $28.90 a “comforting hug of characters. $75 tooth’ or just too simple tannins!” $25 flavour wise,” said one Blue Pyrenees judge. STAR RATINGS  Estate Late Disgorged Pyrenees Centennial Three-, four- and five-star ratings are signs of Sparkling Rosé Vineyards Southern excellence in fruit quality and winemaking skill. 2015 HHH 91pts Highlands NSW Brut All wines are judged ‘blind’ by wine industry Nose has a lift of Traditionelle NV professionals and are compared in peer berry fruit with a softly HHHH 95pts classes by three judges. textured baked apple-like A ripe, rich, bright green CM Wine is exclusive to Cellarmasters, palate. $34 wine that has a flinty a major mail-order business. elegance of fresh citrus CD Cellar door price. Ninth Island Tamar fruit laced with floral CDO Cellar door only. Valley Tasmania touches and nutty notes. SO Sold out. Sparkling Rosé NV $34.99 $N/A Price not available at time of printing. HHH 91pts  Contact information pg 105. Lifted berry bouquet and a good drive of red apple/ RECOMMENDED cellaring (years). brioche flavours. $25 BEST VALUE for $20 & under. For a complete list of what we tasted please refer to www.winestate.com.au November/December 2021 W I N E S TAT E 57

CHAMPAGNE & SPARKLING Queensland Rugby Blue Pyrenees Sidewood Chloe Zonzo Estate Yarra Bream Creek League The Cauldron Estate Midnight Cuvee Adelaide Valley Vintage Vineyard Tasmania Adelaide Hills Cuvee Victoria Hills Sparkling Sparkling 2016 Cuvee Traditionelle Sparkling Brut NV Chardonnay 2017 Chardonnay Pinot HHHHH 98pts 2015 HHH 91pts HHH 90pts HHHH 95pts 2015 HHH1/2 93pts Honeyed citrus bouquet Nose and palate sitting The wine is all A citrus/gunflint nose Complex wine with with pastry-like traces. in the preserved fruit strawberries and and delicate palate with layers of nougat Soft creamy palate is a spectrum. A nicely raspberries with a tight length and precision of and marmalade-like lovely balance between textured fuller style. $50 tangy line of acid. $25 what one judge described characters. Nice overall citrus fruit and mature as, “Zesty zingy citrus flintiness to it. $32 secondary characters. Lowestoft Estate Centennial pizzazz!” $37 “So much all wrapped Tahlia Tasmania Vineyards Miller's Diamond Heart Diamond Heart up in one wine!” $65 Sparkling Pinot Noir Pinot Southern Marlborough Blanc Waihopai Bream Creek Chardonnay NV Highlands NSW de Blancs 2017 Marlborough Vineyard Tasmania HHH 90pts Sparkling Pinot HHHH 95pts Sparkling Pinot Noir Blanc de Blanc 2015 Bright lifted fruit here Meunier NV An elegant, seamlessly Chardonnay 2017 HHHH1/2 97pts with musky floral HHH 90pts balanced, wine showing HHH1/2 92pts Super flinty, intoxicating nuances and juicy Round, sweet fruit poise and restraint Upfront citrus aromas nose – great yeast acidity. $40 driven style of sparkling with some lovely yeast with some toasty/ autolysis evident. with great mousse autolysis and refreshing Vegemite nuances and Creamy palate loaded OTHER retention. $32.99 acidity. $39.99 well structured, nicely with delicious layers of EUROPEAN Hunter's maturing, palate. $39.99 yeast characters and Kreglinger Pipers MiruMiru Reserve primary fruit. “A joy to 6 TASTED River Tasmania Brut Marlborough Blue Pyrenees drink!” $60 3 AWARDED NV HHH 90pts Sparkling 2016 Estate Estate Forester Estate A well-made, powerful, HHHH 94pts Pyrenees Vintage Georgette Margaret Very drinkable wines; upfront style with baked Citrus, yeast and Brut 2019 River Sparkling Brut “Joyful, playful and not apple/citrus characters cashew-like fragrances. HHH 90pts 2016 HHHH 95pts complicated,” suggested and crunchy acid. $35 Creamy in the mouth A pleasant sparkling Struck match one judge. with juicy flavours on a that shows great length, characters to the nutty/ SPARKLING well-balanced and nicely persistence, elegance yeasty nose with good Veuve D'Argent VINTAGE textured palate. $39.90 and focus. $34 drive of lemon curd Cuvée Prestige $25-$40 Jack Rabbit flavours layered with Blanc De Blancs Vineyard Bellarine Leura Park Estate nice toastiness. $43 Burgundy France 20 TASTED Penlnsula Sparkling Bellarine Penlnsula Yes Said The Seal Brut Blanc de Blancs 10 AWARDED Blanc de Blanc 2019 Sparkling Pinot Bellarine Peninsula NV HHH 91pts HHHH 94pts Chardonnay 2017 Sparkling Blanc de A soft creamy and More consistency An attractive wine HHH 90pts Blanc 2016 uncomplicated style. evident here rather than with toasty maturity Soft, supple and HHHH 94pts “Joyful, playful and easy the previous non-vintage developing on the textured with generous Nose described by drinking!” $19 flight. “Here at the top citrusy nose. Soft in the fruit and creamy one judge as being like end, there was more mouth with balancing autolysis. $35 “Marmalade on toast!” Cave de Lugny balanced yeast autolysis acidity. $38 Palate has great length Cremant Burgundy with maintained Jacob Premium SPARKLING and persistence with Blanc de Blancs NV freshness, which is the South Australia $40+ firm acid. $45 HHH 90pts key,” noted one judge. Cuvée 2017 Colmar Estate Subdued bouquet and a “Some well-made wines HHHH 94pts 11 TASTED Orange Sparkling simple, tightly focused, here.” An inviting complex style 7 AWARDED Chardonnay pear/citrus driven smelling of citrus and Pinot Noir 2015 palate. $25 Firetail (54 Months almonds with a round A strong class showing HHH1/2 92pts On Lees, Zero textured palate that more finesse and An elegantly built wine Louis Bouillot Dosage) Margaret has nutty flavours and balance. There was more with great floral citrussy Perle D'Ivoire River Sparkling crunchy acid. $30 unctuous mid-weight fruit/yeast autolysis Burgundy France Chardonnay 2016 character here from focus and drive. $60 Blanc de Blancs NV HHHH1/2 96pts powerful fruit and time HHH 90pts Powerful yeast autolysis on lees to give better Flinty floral citrus nose obvious on the nose balance,” said one judge. and a soft creamy and an elegant, flinty balance of yeasty/fruit and bone-dry palate flavours. $38 with the winemaker showing great respect for the fruit. Great mouthwatering acid. $36 58 W I N E S TAT E November/December 2021

varietal tasting CHAMPAGNE CHAMPAGNE ROSÉ UNDER $100 1 TASTED 3 TASTED 1 AWARDED 3 AWARDED One lovely example of a Once you hit this French rosé here, worth category you can’t often seeking out. go wrong. Champagne really is the pinnacle. Champagne Deutz Pierre Gimonnet & Pierre Gimonnet & Brut Classic Fils Cuvée Fleuron Fils Special Club Champagne France Brut 1er Cru France 'Grand Terroirs Brut NV HHH 91pts Blanc de Blancs Brut De Chardonnay' Mature honeyed/toasty 2015 HHHHH 98pts Champagne nose with a praline-like “A tight, flinty, focused, France Sparkling palate and lovely acidity elegant and confident Chardonnay 2014 to balance. $90 wine,” according to HHHHH 98pts one judge. Nose is like Bright lemon curd bouquet Champagne Deutz Pierre Gimonnet CHAMPAGNE “Nutella on toast!” The with a hint of vegemite. Champagne France & Fils Cuvée Cuis $100+ palate has powerful Palate is full of vitality with Brut Rosé NV 1er Cru France Brut hazelnut flavours and a mouth coating creamy HHH1/2 92pts Blanc de Blancs NV 6 TASTED beautiful acid drive. $125 flavours and great taunt Very approachable HHHH1/2 97pts 6 AWARDED line of acid with a lingering vibrant strawberry/ Creamy preserved fruit yeasty finish. $155 raspberry fruit fragrances with praline- “A cut above – showing characters, yeasty like traces and great focus its terroir and pedigree,” complexity and crisp and direction of pretty, said one judge. acid. $90 nutty flavours laced with “Beautiful length, white fruits. $90 balance, poise and Pol Roger Brut persistence with fine Réserve Non-Vintage long acid the hallmark Gift Box France Brut here. Delicious!” NV HHH1/2 92pts Creamy lemon bouquet and upfront flavours with chalky acidity and a roasted nut-like finish. $90 Visit our website and keep up to date with all our latest wine info, news, competitions, tastings and events. Become a subscriber to enter into our exciting regular competitions. www.winestate.com.au November/December 2021 W I N E S TAT E 59

CHAMPAGNE & SPARKLING SPARKLING RED 14 TASTED 2 AWARDED We have to wash Pol Roger Brut Champagne Deutz Very disappointing over 32,000 Vintage Gift Box Amour de Deutz result! “Too many wine glasses France Brut 2013 Champagne France winemaking issues each year ... HHHHH 98pts Champagne 2011 here,” agreed the “Every box ticked here,” HHHHH 98pts judges. Many wines so you don’t have to. enthused one judge. Nose is a complexity of seemed more like Has very attractive nutty cashews and honey with afterthoughts rather complexity to the lifted creamy yeast autolysis than structured styles. nose and fresh crunchy and a palate that is still “Some wines were too apple-like palate with fresh and lively with sweet and not balanced mouthwatering acidity. caramel/toffee notes and whilst others were $170 a fine acid finish. Great overly tough with high personality! $370 tannins and overripe fruit with secondary flavours coming through,” said one judge. “The two recommended wines stood out from the rest for being fresh and primary.” Fox Creek Wines Vixen McLaren Vale Sparkling Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Franc NV HHH 90pts Dark brooding oak driven style with rich rum and raisin-like characters. $29 Gapsted Wines Limited Release Alpine Valleys Sparkling Saperavi NV HHH 90pts Bright crimson meaty/savoury style interplayed with Christmas cake-like elements. $37 Subscribe to Australia’s Pol Roger Blanc Pol Roger Pure MOSCATO Leading Wine Buying Guide Des Blancs Gift Box Gift Box France NV phone +61 8 8357 9277 or France Blanc de HHHH1/2 97pts 3 TASTED on-line www.winestate.com.au Blanc 2013 Honeyed nutty 1 AWARDED HHHHH 98pts complexity to the nose Beautifully constructed with a hint of citrus. One good example wine showing wonderful Palate opens up to showing freshness, length. Nice nutty full bodied creamy vibrancy and balanced nose with attractive texture with a seamless sugar and acids. flintiness. Palate is integration of fresh red beautifully rounded and apple flavours and acid. De Bortoli Petit unctuous with apple-like $145 Rutherglen Moscato freshness. $210 NV HHH 90pts Perfumed/floral musky bouquet with sweet, fresh and fragrant stonefruit flavours. $21.95 60 W I N E S TAT E November/December 2021

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88 TASTED 61 AWARDED RIESLING Rieslings can be light, fresh and spicy to aged, layered and Claymore Wines complex and is a wine that more people need to try beyond the Joshua Tree Clare afficionados. As a liquor store owner said, \"give people a glass Valley Riesling 2021 without telling them what it is and they will be hooked.\" We agree! HHH1/2 92pts Subtle citrus fragrances RIESLING Lake Chalice The Tolley Clare Valley Wild Game Wine and a tight palate with a UNDER $20 Falcon Marlborough Riesling 2021 The Duchess chalky frame and good Riesling 2020 HHH 91pts Mount Gambier length of pithy lemon 9 TASTED HHHH1/2 96pts A fine nose; some Riesling 2021 flavours. $22 7 AWARDED A sweeter style of lavender and bath salts HHHH1/2 97pts Claymore Wines riesling with a fragrant with a full bodied, brown Delightful toasty lemon Walk This Way Clare “A lot of different styles white floral bouquet and lime palate. $16 aromas and a delicious, Valley Riesling 2021 represented here is delicate, pretty and varietally pure, lip- HHH1/2 92pts ranging from the dry refreshing in the mouth. Mount Riley smacking palate that Shy fruit aromas with to the slightly sweet,” A good food wine. Marlborough is long and delicate plenty of citrus and noted one judge. “These $18.99 NZ Riesling 2021 with plenty of cellaring orchard fruit flavours are ready to drink wines Portraits of Clare HHH 90pts potential. 3-5 lingering along the long offering good value for Clare Valley Riesling Lively pungent bouquet $20 firm palate. $22 the money.” The judges 2021 HHH1/2 92pts and good flavour length Claymore Wines commented that some Lovely greengage-tinged with residual sugar on the Konrad Single Estate God Is A DJ Clare wines here were a bit nose with floral notes. front palate. $15 NZ Dry Marlborough Valley Riesling 2021 heavy on the pressings Generous fruit palate Riesling 2017 HHH1/2 92pts resulting in more volume with a nice firm phenolic RIESLING HHHH 95pts Bright citrus bouquet with but less quality. edge. $13.99 $20-$25 Golden hued wine with hints of vanilla essence d'Arenberg The a gentle lemon fruit nose and a firm, flavoursome Mercuri Estate Dry Dam McLaren 13 TASTED and a full “sunny” and and somewhat short Freya & Jules Clare Vale Adelaide Hills 9 AWARDED slighty oily palate with palate. $22 Valley Riesling 2021 Riesling 2021 lovely flavour profile. Ian Leamon Wines HHHH1/2 96pts HHH1/2 92pts A mixed group of $24.99 Strathbogie Ranges A pretty citrus nose with A slightly closed nose results with the better Riesling 2021 a slight herbal nuance. with quite a sweet but wines showing more HHH1/2 92pts Lovely racy, zippy pleasant varietal palate ‘personality’ and drive. A floral off-dry nose with crunch to the firm and that has a nice acid a delicate sweet palate. flavoursome palate. A tingle to it. $19 “Very pretty – almost very good commercial Tamburlaine Organic Fronti-like.” $22 style. $10 Wines On The Taylors Wines Estate Grapevine Orange Clare Valley Adelaide JUDGES Riesling 2021 Hills Riesling 2021 HHH1/2 92pts HHH 91pts Lifted citrus blossom floral Fragrant lime cordial-like fragrances and pleasant aromas with a lovely refreshing floral citrus flavour punchiness to flavours. $17.99 the palate. $22 Marc Van Haldren Alex MacClelland Marie Clay Winemaler at Yalumba Chief winemaker at Winemaker at TWE. Wines. Formerly Bethany Wines. Formerly Judge at regional winemaker in South winemaker at Hemera shows over the past ten Africa for nine years, Estate, Schild Estate years including Cairns, plus French vintage and Boar's Rock. Has Small Winemakers experience. Judged South vintaged in Burgundy, (Stanthorpe), Riverland, African Veritas Show, Rhone Valley and and many others. Winemaker's Choice Marlborough. Associate Previously at Wolf Blass Awards, Wine Magazine judge at the Inland wine Wines, Lindemans and Michelangelo Wine show, Barossa wine Karadoc. Has vintaged Awards. show and AWAC. in Tuscany & Burgundy. 62 W I N E S TAT E November/December 2021

varietal tasting Fox Creek Wines Boston Bay Bunnamagoo Estate Taylors Wines RIESLING Clare Valley Riesling The Peninsulas Medium Dry Style Reserve Parcel Clare $30-$35 2021 HHH 91pts Riesling 2021 Mudgee Riesling Valley Riesling 2021 Spicy confectionery lime HHHH1/2 96pts 2021 HHHH 94pts HHH1/2 93pts 16 TASTED nose and flavoursome A full fresh bouquet Delicate and pretty Pretty floral nose with 12 AWARDED palate with bracing that has traces of lemonade-like a background of citrus A divisive flight for acidity. $23 mineral/cucumber-like fragrances. Sweet style fruit. Upfront sweetness the judges. “The acid characters. A lovely of palate with spicy on the palate with a component was in Sorby Adams fine and delicate notes. Refreshing and tangy sour note. $25 question here where Jellicoe Eden Valley “lacey” palate; plenty balanced. $25 Pewsey Vale the best lifted the wines Riesling 2021 of flavour across the Paulett Wines Clare Vineyard Eden whereas others tipped HHH 91pts entire length. $25 Valley Riesling 2021 Valley Riesling 2021 into sourness,” said one Floral fragrances with Mr Riggs Watervale HHHH 94pts HHH1/2 93pts judge.” “The best wines some Kiwi fruit hints and Clare Riesling 2021 Hints of mangoes on the Vibrant green wine showed great balance a delicate lightweight HHHH1/2 96pts nose with an excellent with a perfumed/floral and elegance of flavour palate. $24 Beautifully perfumed flavour profile and bouquet. Nicely focused both with the younger musky nose with a residual sugar/acid kept palate with a sweeter 2021 wines and also RIESLING citrus thread and a nicely in balance. $25 flavour profile. $26 a couple of the older $25-$30 really intense and Z Wine [MAE] Eden vintages.” “chiseled” palate with a Stage Door Wine Co Valley Riesling 2021 29 TASTED slight savoury element Eden Valley Riesling HHH1/2 93pts Kimbarra Wines 17 AWARDED and nicely balanced 2021 HHHH 94pts Delicate and pretty Grampians phenolics. $25 Lively lime cordial nose showing fine Riesling 2021 “There was more Cat Amongst aromas and big dense floral varietal fruit that HHHH1/2 97pts clarity and focus here Pigeons Fat Cat palate with good follows through onto “Smells like a sunny compared with the Eden Valley Riesling varietal fruit drive the palate. $28 peach!” according to previous class with the 2021 HHHH 95pts and spicy secondary Z Wine [XAVE] Eden one judge and has a best wines showing A nose reminiscent of characters. $25 Valley Riesling 2021 delicate floral lift. High layers of aromatic, tropical tinned fruit and Reillys Watervale HHH1/2 92pts acid palate with a lovely vibrant fruit,” said one nicely balanced palate Clare Valley Riesling Attractive nose - smells silky balance and juicy judge. “Overall, we with lovely length 2021 HHHH 94pts like lemon butter. flow of flavours. $30 saw more purity and of slightly savoury Bright pineapple-like Palate has a pretty, Paulett Wines Polish delicacy of fruit with less flavours. $29 bouquet and a tight sweet entry and a long, Hill River Clare pressings broadness.” Saint Clair Pioneer palate with nice drive sweet finish. $25 Valley Riesling 2021 Block 9 Big John and focus of citrus Bunnamagoo Estate HHHH1/2 97pts Erin Eyes Emerald Marlborough derived flavours. Dry Style Mudgee A “quiet” but complex Isle Clare Riesling Riesling 2018 Enjoyable! $28 Riesling 2021 nose with subtle citrus 2021 HHHHH 98pts HHHH 95pts HHH 91pts notes. The palate is One judge described Delicate floral fragrances Musky floral bouquet pretty and poised with the nose as being with a hint of fresh with decent length slight musky sweetness like “Candle wax and honey. A sweet lemon of tangy juicy fruit and hints of green. Good jasmine!” Lovely butter palate but nicely flavours. $25 acid length. $30 length, flow and drive balanced by lovely acid. Plan B! Off Dry of pure punchy citrus/ $28.90 NZ Frankland River lime flavours with well- Riesling 2020 handled acid. $25 HHH 91pts “High toned” nose; Dicey Bannockburn perfumed and layered Riesling 2021 with sweet, slightly HHHHH 98pts toasty, palate. $25 Pretty bath salt-like Plan B! Dry characters on the Frankland River nose with some florals Riesling 2020 and some pungency. HHH 91pts The palate is fine and Clean mineral edged delicate with spicy floral aromas with a soft fruit flavours and hints of and honeyed/caramel lavender. $26 palate. $25 November/December 2021 W I N E S TAT E 63

RIESLING Knappstein Wines Plantagenet Angevin Auld Family Wines Murrumbateman Paulett Wines Enterprise Vineyard Great Southern Wilberforce Eden Winery Canberra Aged Release Clare Clare Valley Riesling 2021 Valley Riesling 2021 District Riesling Valley Riesling 2016 Riesling 2021 HHH 91pts HHHHH 98pts 2021 HHH1/2 93pts HHHH1/2 96pts HHHH1/2 96pts A bouquet of bath salts Super pretty nose, shy Interesting Asian-like “Delicious!” enthused A vibrant green wine and lime cordial with but seductive with lively aromas of ginger and one judge. Super with subdued lemon a full but dry style of musk and floral aromas. lemon grass with an toasty, almost smoky, pith-like aromas. Palate palate. $32 Lovely flow and purity exotic palate. Just needs characters laced has excellent poise, of vibrant white floral more time. $35 with tangy lemon- balance and flavour with Gatt High Eden Eden fruit flavours with lip like fruit and plenty a hit of “teeth tingling” Valley Riesling 2018 smacking acidity. $35 Eden Hall Reserve of mouthwatering acidity. $30 HHH 91pts Z Wine [SAUL] Eden Eden Valley Riesling acidity. $75 Giesen Goldlay Typical kero-like aged Valley Riesling 2021 2020 HHH 91pts Tempus Two Pewter Reiler Mosel characters on the toasty HHHH1/2 97pts Slight marmalade-like Hunter Valley Riesling 2019 nose with a “sassy” A pretty pale green botrytis nose and full- Riesling 2019 HHHH1/2 96pts citrus palate. $30 wine with lively lemon, bodied palate with lovely HHHH 94pts Golden green wine with lime and Thai herb- fruit expression. $35 Fantastic complex apricot marmalade-like Famille Hugel Gentil like aromas. Excellent brown lime bouquet botrytis characters Alsace France varietal fruit purity and Jack Rabbit with traces of aged evident on the nose and Riesling 2018 freshness on the palate Vineyard Bellarine kero notes. The palate a lovely silky-smooth HHH 91pts with juicy “salivating” Peninsula Riesling is intense and powerful feel to the palate with Bright, slightly tropical, acidity. $35 2019 HHH 91pts with solid flavours. $40 luscious flavours. $34.99 fruit driven style with Erin Eyes Pride Of Spicy confectionery nose Famille Hugel Eden Springs High floral notes and musky Erin Reserve Clare edged with pleasant Classic Alsace Eden Eden Valley hints. $30 Riesling 2021 toastiness and the same France Riesling 2018 Riesling 2018 HHHH 94pts on the palate. $35 HHHH 94pts HHHH1/2 96pts Cobb's Hill Estate Slight estery pungency Developed toasty citrus A sensational, beautifully Goldrush Adelaide to the varietal fruit Leura Park Estate marmalade aromas ageing, riesling – all Hills Riesling 2021 nose. Silky smooth in Bellarine Peninsula and surprisingly full, honeycomb and toast HHH 90pts the mouth with plenty Riesling 2019 developed, buttery/ on the nose with a very Pithy citrus nose with an of fruit flavours and HHH 90pts toasty palate. $43 creamy and flavoursome interesting, persistent acid. $35 Powerful smoky and Plantagenet Wyjup toasty citrus palate. $30 palate and well managed mesh Eden Valley honeyed on the nose; Collection Mount Knappstein Wines residual sugar. $34 Riesling 2021 rich and flavoursome in Barker Riesling 2020 Ackland Vineyard HHHH 94pts the mouth. $35 HHH1/2 93pts Clare Valley Riesling Eden Springs High Restrained citrus peel Lovely floral and 2021 HHHH 95pts Eden Eden Valley bouquet showing just a RIESLING $40+ honeydew fruit Excellent nose that Riesling 2019 hint of toast. Rich and characters here with is all pure lime and HHH 90pts toasty lime palate with 10 TASTED nougat notes and good toast. Good drive of Defined biscuity/toasty upfront sweetness. $35 8 AWARDED acid/sweet balance. $45 pure varietal flavours characters on the nose Reillys Museum with “breathless racy” and a powerful, full The judges found this to Release Watervale acidity. $30 flavoured, palate. $30 be a consistent group of Clare Valley Riesling Paisley Cashmere complex wines showing 2017 HHH1/2 92pts Eden Valley Riesling RIESLING flavour and length with Toasty/apricot botrytis 2021 HHH 91pts $35-$40 great varietal expression characters on the nose Slight tropical nose, on the nose. leading to a lovely soft some toastiness and a 11 TASTED and gentle citrus driven firm, quite green, fruit 8 AWARDED Famille Hugel palate. $40 palate. $30 Grossi Laue Alsace Reillys Museum A mixed group of France Riesling 2011 Release Watervale interesting, diverse HHHH1/2 97pts Clare Valley Riesling wines showing the Some lemon curd-like 2016 HHH 91pts quality of the fruit; a few characters on the nose Smells of grilled nuts of the wines were at with savoury notes. and has a core of citrus their peak. Fresh and vibrant in fruit on the nice firm the mouth with toasty palate. $40 marmalade characters and mouthwatering acidity. $135 Plantagenet Wyjup Collection Mount Barker Riesling 2021 HHHH1/2 96pts Super fruity fragrances with lovely dash of florals and spices. Very intensely flavoured palate offering a long clean line of pure riesling fruit. $45 64 W I N E S TAT E November/December 2021

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92 TASTED 52 AWARDED PINOT GRIS/PINOT GRIGIO If ever there was a wine for drinking, not thinking it would have to Tempus Two Varietal be the pinot gris/grigio white varietal. Generally shy and unassuming, Hunter Valley the quality varies from light easy drinking wines to wines with some Pinot Grigio 2021 weight and structure. Here we search out the best versions. HHH 91pts Floral pear aromas with a savoury note and sweet/sour fruit palate with tight acidity. $15 PINOT GRIS/ Trentham Estate Quarisa Wines GRIGIO The Family Murray Three Jailbirds SEA UNDER $20 Darling Pinot Grigio Pinot Grigio 2021 2021 HHH1/2 93pts HHH 91pts 22 TASTED Green apple fragrances Lightly citrus aromas and an elegant citrus/ and nice mouth feel to 17 AWARDED peach palate. Creamy the citrus/apple-driven texture and long fruity palate. $11 Lots of different styles finish. $18 Quarisa Wines The Ned ranging from sweeter The Drover Riverina Caravan SEA Marlborough VBBAEULSYUTSE commercial styles to the Pinot Grigio 2021 Pinot Grigio 2021 Pinot Gris 2021 drier pure fruit ones that, Three's A Crowd HHH1/2 92pts HHH 91pts HHH 91pts generally, were those Murray Darling Aromas of pears and Subtle floral green apple recommended. Most Pinot Grigio NV VBBAEULSYUTSE apples with a refreshing bouquet. Crisp and Stonefruit nose with a here offer good value for HHHH 94pts pear driven flavour refreshing in the mouth. tropical edge. Sweet money. profile and a citrus finish. Great flavours. $15 fruit driven palate; some Spicy stonefruit aromas $5 Gapsted Wines complexity. $18.99 Yealands Reserve with a citrus note and Nericon Riverina Tobacco Road King Awatere Valley zippy sweet and spicy Pinot Grigio 2021 Valley Pinot Grigio Marlborough citrus flavours with a HHH 91pts 2021 HHH 91pts Giesen Estate Pinot Gris 2020 warm finish. $16 Austere savoury Floral fragrances with Marlborough HHHH1/2 96pts peppery nose and a a ginger note and all Pinot Gris 2020 Lifted aromas of pears very tight dried pear-like citrus, ginger and floral HHH 91pts and citrus blossom palate. $12 on the palate. $16 Light lemon/tropical with a flavoursome aromas with intense complexity of peach, De Bortoli 17 Trees sweet nectarine pear, jasmine and ginger Riverina Pinot Grigio flavours and a spicy characters and good 2021 HHHH 94pts end. $16.99 phenolics. $19.95 NZ Attractive pear and apple-like varietal characters here on both nose and palate with nicely balanced acidity. $15.95 JUDGES Alyson Tannenbaum Lieke Van der Hulst Sara Zhang Winemaker for Assistant winemaker for Winemaker at TWG (The Wine Vinteloper Wines. WIC Winemaking a joint Group). Previously vintaged Previously a winemaker enterprise between AWRI and at Berri Estates, West Cape with Cape Jaffa Wines the University of Adelaide. Howe, WA and Grower and vintage winemaker Formerly at Wirra Wirra, Primo Wine Group in Australia. withYalumba. Judged at Estate and Paxton wineries. Overseas includes Villa Maria, Rutherglen, Limestone Has a PhD in Science, Adelaide Marlborough and Bordeaux Coast and Adelaide Hills Uni, with wine research for six months, Right Bank wine shows. Vintaged background. Has been on Chateaux, through a Bordeaux in California and New multiple sensory panels for consultant. Has judged at the Zealand. Completed Adelaide Uni and AWRI and Riverland wine show. AWAC wine course. achieved WSET 2 level. 66 W I N E S TAT E November/December 2021

varietal tasting Lake Chalice Tamburlaine Organic NOVA VITA Firebird Jean Geiler Reserve PINOT GRIS/ The Falcon Wines On The Adelaide Hills Alsace France GRIGIO Marlborough Grapevine Hilltops Pinot Gris 2021 Pinot Gris 2019 $25-$30 Pinot Gris 2020 Orange Pinot Gris HHH1/2 92pts HHH 91pts HHH 91pts 2021 HHH 90pts A floral potpourri of Very flavoursome mix 27 TASTED Attractive blend of citrus, Pears and roses lift off aromas with citrus of rose petals, musk green apple and tropical the nose with musky touches and a simple and pears with ginger 15 AWARDED characters with some pear flavours and green but intense fruit driven nuances. $22 florals. $18.99 NZ acid finish. $17.99 palate. $20 Angullong Orange Drop Zone Another mixed bag Leefield Station PINOT GRIS/ Pinot Grigio 2021 Langhorne Creek of wines! “A bit Marlborough GRIGIO HHH1/2 92pts Pinot Grigio disappointing at this Pinot Gris 2020 VBBAEULSYUTSE $20-$25 Bright, lively and easy 2021 HHH 90pts price point, with low drinking style with Simple pleasant citrus/ flavour profiles or HHH 91pts 28 TASTED attractive floral varietal green apple varietal fruit, winemaking faults at Poached pear bouquet 14 AWARDED fruit and hints of some vanilla and bright the lower end,” noted and nicely textured ginger. $22 acidity. $22 one judge. “However, tropical palate; sweet A very mixed group! Angas & Bremer Barristers Block the best wines had but balanced. $19.99 The best were bright, Langhorne Creek Adelaide Hills good varietal character balanced and fresh Pinot Grigio 2021 Pinot Gris 2021 and more texture than Babydoll whilst others were HHH 91pts HHH 90pts in the two previous Marlborough Pinot either “cheesy”, oaky Pale green wine with Light and zippy flights showing good Gris 2021 or confused with either slight floral nose and a tropical fruit style with fruit ‘spice’ and balance HHH 91pts no varietal character or fresh crisp palate with a herbaceous and spicy overall.” Zesty lifted floral style impressions of other fruity finish. $20 characters. $24 with slight sweetness of varieties included in the Chain Of Ponds Gapsted Wines High Allegiance Wines fruit on the soft palate. mix. Amelia's Letter Country King Valley Thomas James $18.95 NZ Adelaide Hills Pinot Gris 2020 Tumbarumba Tomich Wines Tomich Pinot Grigio 2021 HHH 90pts Pinot Gris 2021 Hill Adelaide Hills HHH 91pts Ripe perfumed tropical HHHH 95pts Pinot Grigio 2021 Bright lively style fruit nose and palate Well made, nicely HHHH1/2 97pts with pleasant citrus with high level of acidity. balanced, style with Pears, tropical fruits characters, sweet $20 pear and melon fruit and spices lift off the spiciness and long Minnow Creek Silver characters with some nose and it is crisp and finish. $20 Minnow Langhorne complexity. Easy fresh in the mouth with Saint Clair Creek Pinot Gris drinking. $25 pleasant peach flavours James Sinclair 2020 HHH 90pts laced with bright acid. Marlborough Oak driven wine with Handcrafted $20 Pinot Gris 2020 tropical hints and By Geoff Hardy HHH 91pts starting show some Limestone Coast Mr Riggs Mrs Long, lingering and bottle age. $21 Pinot Grigio 2021 Adelaide Hills refreshing – true to HHHH 94pts Pinot Gris 2021 style with intense fruit A subtle fruit cocktail HHHH 95pts flavours. $24.50 NZ of a nose and nice oily Light floral element to McGuigan Cellar textured honeyed melon/ the citrus/stonefruit Select Pinot Grigio pear palate. Good acid/ nose and ripe creamy 2021 HHH 91pts sweet balance. $25 peach palate with a long Aromatic perfumed/ Invivo Marlborough fruity finish. $22 floral nose with light and STAR RATINGS  Pinot Gris 2021 refreshing zesty lime HHH 90pts Taylors Estate Clare flavours. $22 Three-, four- and five-star ratings are signs of Attractive European-like Valley Adelaide Hills excellence in fruit quality and winemaking skill. style with quite sweet Pinot Gris 2021 All wines are judged ‘blind’ by wine industry and pungent varietal HHHH 94pts professionals and are compared in peer characters. $19 Dried apricot-like classes by three judges. bouquet with citrus and CM Wine is exclusive to Cellarmasters, tropical notes and more a major mail-order business. tropical characters on CD Cellar door price. the pleasant palate. $22 CDO Cellar door only. SO Sold out. $N/A Price not available at time of printing.  Contact information pg 105. RECOMMENDED cellaring (years). BEST VALUE for $20 & under. For a complete list of what we tasted please refer to www.winestate.com.au November/December 2021 W I N E S TAT E 67

PINOT GRIS/PINOT GRIGIO Tomich Wines Allegiance Wines Cockfighter's Ghost Famille Hugel Grossi Pipers Brook Woodside Vineyard Emily Jane Single Vineyard Laue Alsace France Estate Pipers River Adelaide Hills Pinot Tumbarumba Adelaide Hills Pinot Gris 2010 Tasmania Pinot Gris Grigio 2021 Pinot Grigio 2021 Pinot Gris 2020 HHHHH 98pts 2020 HHH 90pts HHHH 94pts HHH 91pts HHH 91pts A bright and complex Malo complexity on Ripe and rich pale straw A refreshing wine; some Faint floral fruit honeysuckle driven the flinty nose with wine. Textured and peach, green apple and fragrances and flavours bouquet with pretty a developing toasty flavoursome with high tropical characters with of green apples and sweet botrytis notes. palate. $35 level of acid and long zippy acid. $25 sweet spices. $25 The palate is all lychees, Foxey's Kentucky spicy finish. $25 Artwine Prego passionfruit and Road Mornington Hahndorf Hill Single Vineyard Castelli Silver Label honeysuckle with a long Peninsula Pinot Gris Adelaide Hills Clare Valley Great Southern clean finish. $135 2020 HHH 90pts Pinot Grigio 2021 Pinot Grigio 2021 Pinot Grigio 2021 Famille Hugel Light citrus aromas with HHH1/2 93pts HHH 91pts HHH 90pts Classic Alsace slight savouriness and Intense and very varietal Tropical/citrus nose Delicate floral/pear France Pinot Gris nicely textured varietal with green apple/ with a ginger lift, oily bouquet, an elegant 2018 HHHH 94pts palate. $45 pear characters, some palate and spicy citrus flavoursome palate and Nutty nougat nose spiciness and bright flavours. $25 fresh acidity. $25 with some floral acid. $25 Kings Creed development. Good Lobethal Road Adelaide Hills Fullylove richness and intensity of Adelaide Hills Pinot Grigio 2021 Tumbarumba citrus peel flavours. $44 Pinot Gris 2021 HHH 91pts Pinot Gris 2021 Bream Creek HHH1/2 93pts Very bright and zippy HHH 90pts Vineyard Tasmania Pleasant simple with lots of citrus and Lean, green and Pinot Grigio 2021 varietal with light green apple varietal fruit herbaceous with HHHH 94pts green apple, citrus and characters. $25 zippy acidity. Good Light, attractive and stonefruit elements. Reillys Clare Valley commercial style. $25 very flavoursome wine Good acidity. $25 Pinot Gris 2021 with an elegant mix of Jean Geiler HHH 91pts PINOT GRIS/ tropical fruit, pears and Inspiration Terroirs Fragrant nose with GRIGIO melons. $33 Alsace France a sweet/sour flavour $30+ Cox Family Wines Pinot Gris 2019 profile and texturally Tumbarumba HHH1/2 92pts complex. $28 15 TASTED Pinot Grigio 2021 Honeyed tropical/ The Domesticated 6 AWARDED HHH 91pts stonefruit bouquet and Duck Mornington Steely, herbaceous and a very sweet and spicy Peninsula Pinot Gris Another disappointment! well balanced with some marmalade-like palate. 2021 HHH 91pts “Is there too much green apple notes. $30 $29 Pretty varietal nose with winemaking intervention Redbank King Valley a well-balanced fresh here when there is not Pinot Grigio 2021 honeyed fruit palate. $29 enough fruit to carry the HHH 91pts wine?” asked one judge. Smell a little sweet “Pinot gris is a delicate and has long lingering low fruit variety where tropical flavours with a it should be left alone to crisp end. $25 shine!” But there were wines here that showed how it should be done. Follow the trail! Visit our website and keep up to date with all our latest wine info, news, competitions, tastings and events. Become a subscriber to enter into our exciting regular competitions. www.winestate.com.au 68 W I N E S TAT E November/December 2021

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94 TASTED 58 AWARDED SAUVIGNON BLANC & BLENDS This variety has the most obvious aroma and flavour of any white Scarpantoni varietal and ranges from the most delicate Aussie styles to the McLaren Vale power packed Kiwi \"front rowers\" that would make an All Black Sauvignon Blanc proud. Here we judge a nice range of both styles and try to make 2021 HHHH 94pts sense of it for you! A pungency to the herbal/capsicum nose and a sweet but balanced crunchy palate that is brimming over with flavour. $15 SAUVIGNON Grower's Gate South SAUVIGNON Giesen Estate BLANC Australia Sauvignon BLANC Marlborough UNDER $15 Blanc 2021 $15-$20 Sauvignon Blanc HHH1/2 92pts 2021 HHHH 94pts 5 TASTED Quite a pungent 23 TASTED A punchy tropical fruit gooseberry-like bouquet 16 AWARDED driven style that’s very 3 AWARDED with plenty of acid on juicy and flavoursome the passionfruit/melon A consistent group of with a good backbone A couple of good value driven palate. $14.95 easy drinkers here with Music Bay of acid in support. easy drinking sauvignon The Drover Riverina good fresh flavours Marlborough $16.99 blancs. Sauvignon Blanc offering value for Sauvignon Blanc Summerhouse 2021 HHH 90pts money. “Watch the 2021 HHHH 95pts Marlborough Berton Vineyards A “quiet” gooseberry- sugar levels,” warned Super peapod and Sauvignon Blanc Metal Label like nose with a fresh, one judge. “The varietal bean-like expression on 2021 HHH1/2 92pts Padthaway VBBAEULSYUTSE lightly herbaceous, fruit flavours already the nose with a lovely Flinty fragrances with Sauvignon palate. $5 have an apparent sweet tangy varietal palate hints of green bean expression that does not with a zippy acid drive. and passionfruit and Blanc 2021 need extra sugar!” $19.95 a slightly grippy but HHH1/2 92pts Nepenthe Elevation refreshing palate. Attractive perfumed Adelaide Hills $18.99 NZ fruit fragrances and a Sauvignon Blanc Graham Norton's warm fruit driven palate 2021 HHHH 94pts Own New Zealand with good acid/sweet A classic sauvignon Sauvignon Blanc balance. $14 blanc with lifted tropical 2021 HHH1/2 92pts fruit aromas and more Slightly funky buttery tropical characters on and herbal bouquet the palate. $18 with a pungent punchy tropical fruit varietal palate. $19 JUDGES Marc Van Haldren Alex MacClelland Marie Clay Winemaler at Yalumba Chief winemaker at Winemaker at TWE. Wines. Formerly Bethany Wines. Formerly Judge at regional winemaker in South winemaker at Hemera shows over the past ten Africa for nine years, Estate, Schild Estate years including Cairns, plus French vintage and Boar's Rock. Has Small Winemakers experience. Judged South vintaged in Burgundy, (Stanthorpe), Riverland, African Veritas Show, Rhone Valley and and many others. Winemaker's Choice Marlborough. Associate Previously at Wolf Blass Awards, Wine Magazine judge at the Inland wine Wines, Lindemans and Michelangelo Wine show, Barossa wine Karadoc. Has vintaged Awards. show and AWAC. in Tuscany & Burgundy. 70 W I N E S TAT E November/December 2021

varietal tasting Spy Valley Ara Single Estate OTU Marlborough Wines By Geoff Grandeur Wellington Marlborough NZ Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc Hardy Red Label Artisan Adelaide Sauvignon Blanc Sauvignon Blanc 2021 HHHHH 98pts Adelaide Hills Hills Sauvignon 2021 HHH1/2 92pts 2021 HHH 91pts Pale green wine with Sauvignon Blanc Blanc 2021 VBBAEULSYUTSE Floral citrus fruit aromas Pungent, tropical and bright and interesting 2021 HHH1/2 93pts HHH 91pts lift off the nose and it very flavoursome aromas reminiscent Nose is a mix of tropical Bright varietal nose; has a tight, chalky and with some residual of pickled peppers. fruit and green nettle pretty and subtle with flavoursome palate. sweetness. $19.99 Excellent flow of tangy characters with a fresh a fine, flinty and firm $19.90 and spicy varietal racy passionfruit palate. palate. $20 Rymill Coonawarra Satellite flavours with good acid/ $20 The Yearling Marlborough NZ sweet balance. $23 Rosabrook Wines Wignalls Single Coonawarra Sauvignon Blanc Bunkers Wines Margaret River Vineyard Albany Sauvignon Blanc 2020 HHH 91pts Margaret River Sauvignon Blanc Sauvignon Blanc 2021 HHH 91pts Developing toasty Sauvignon Blanc Semillon 2021 2021 HHH 91pts Very subtle floral nose honeyed bouquet with Semillon 2021 HHH1/2 92pts A dry, oaky and with quite a sweet/sour an attractive spicy HHHH 95pts Pungent tropical fruit consumer friendly wine flavour profile. $15 passionfruit palate. Subtle but lively yellow bouquet with a long with lots of passionfruit Mount Riley $15.90 fruit bouquet and good tingling, tangy and characters. $20 Limited Release density to the nicely slightly steely palate. Marlborough Mount Riley balanced palate with a $20 Nepenthe Altitude Sauvignon Blanc Marlborough crisp line of acid. $20 Starborough Adelaide Hills 2021 HHH 91pts Sauvignon Blanc Chain Of Ponds Sons Of The Soil Sauvignon Blanc Punchy passionfruit 2021 HHH 90pts Black Thursday Marlborough 2021 HHH 91pts aromas with a good A silky soft pale green Adelaide Hills Sauvignon Blanc Plenty of passionfruit- sauvignon blanc varietal sauvignon blanc offering Sauvignon Blanc 2021 HHH1/2 92pts like fruit with nettle palate. $17 NZ good commercial 2021 HHHH 95pts A pretty passionfruit notes and long zesty Trentham Estate appeal. $15 NZ Described by one judge punch to the nose with finish. $21 Grown Murray as being, “Simple, a decent length to the Darling Sauvignon Bec Hardy Wines sunny and warm!” A good varietal palate. Tomich Wines Tomich Blanc 2021 Bec Hardy South perfect summer drink. $21.99 Hill Adelaide Hills HHH 91pts Australia Sauvignon Has a lively tropical Invivo X Sarah Sauvignon Blanc Pretty green fruit Blanc 2021 nose and tight mineral Jessica Parker 2021 HHH 90pts fragrances with a soft, HHH 90pts palate. $20 Marlborough Pale green wine with a approachable and nicely A peppery nettle nose Giesen Small Sauvignon Blanc solid citrus core showing balanced palate. $18 with a soft, sweet and Batch Marlborough 2021 HHH1/2 92pts a slightly steely thread. Rapaura uncomplicated palate. Sauvignon Blanc Nicely rounded aromas $20 Springs Reserve $17 2021 HHHH 95pts and a powerful fruit Marlborough Pungent, warm and palate, slight sweetness Sauvignon Blanc SAUVIGNON bold with slight mineral but kept in balance by 2021 HHH 91pts BLANC oil-like characters to the acid. $22 Pleasant, appealing and $20-$25 the nose and a touch Fox Creek Wines sweet. “Your typical of sweet/sour on the Adelaide Hills New Zealand sauvignon 26 TASTED flavour profile. $24.99 Sauvignon Blanc blanc.” $18.99 NZ 16 AWARDED 2021 HHH1/2 92pts Invivo Marlborough Subtle toastiness to Sauvignon Blanc A mixed bag! “The best the lemony nose with 2021 HHH 91pts showed freshness, a sweet palate but the Alluring citrus aromas reasonable fruit across crisp acid is holding it all with herbal hints and the board and more together. $23 fresh and tangy in the texture. Some however Barristers Block mouth. $19 had funky ferment and Adelaide Hills yeast lees issues,” Sauvignon Blanc commented one judge. 2021 HHH1/2 92pts Taylors Estate “Good to see less sugar Delicate citrus bouquet Adelaide Hills here than in the previous with a warm, sweet, Sauvignon Blanc flight.” well-balanced and honest 2021 HHH 90pts varietal palate. $24 Soft, easy and enjoyable d'Arenberg The citrus driven sauvignon Broken Fishplate blanc style. $22 Adelaide Hills Sauvignon Blanc 2020 HHH1/2 92pts A sweet but balanced flavoursome sauvignon blanc. Some residual sugar on front palate. $21 November/December 2021 W I N E S TAT E 71

SAUVIGNON BLANC & BLENDS SAUVIGNON Allegiance Wines Peccavi No Regrets Amadio Wines BLANC Alumni Tumbarumba Margaret River Single Vineyard $25-$30 Sauvignon Blanc Sauvignon Blanc Adelaide Hills 2021 HHHH 94pts Semillon 2021 Sauvignon Blanc 20 TASTED An easy drinking citrus HHHH 94pts 2021 HHH 90pts driven wine. Some A bouquet of melons A tropical fruit punch of a 13 AWARDED perfumed/musk aromas and citrus with some nose and a flavoursome and slight tropical notes grassiness and a perfect fruit driven palate. $25 A solid class with lots to the palate with a nice balance of peach, apple to like. “Here we saw zing of acid. $25 and pear flavours. $26 Lobethal Road varietal wines that were Ara Select Block Adelaide Hills fresh and balanced,” said Queensland Rugby Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc one judge. “The 2021 League Q1908 Sauvignon Blanc 2021 HHH 90pts vintage was a strong The Clubhouse 2019 HHH1/2 93pts A light-bodied easy one and winemakers did Adelaide Hills Pungent fruit nose drinking style. Some justice to it!” Sauvignon Blanc with a savoury/umami nice tropical and 2021 HHHH 94pts element. Well balanced herbaceous elements Tomich Wines Ponting Wines First Subtle green apple and varietal palate just showing through. $25 Woodside Vineyard Session Adelaide zesty citrus nose and a starting to mature. Adelaide Hills Hills Sauvignon very elegant palate with $26.99 SAUVIGNON Sauvignon Blanc Blanc 2021 restrained green apple/ Giesen The August BLANC 2021 HHHHH 98pts HHHH1/2 97pts citrus flavours. $25 Marlborough $30-$40 An elegant wine Varietal aromas of Zonte's Footstep Sauvignon Blanc with upfront citrus gooseberries and Excalibur Adelaide 2019 HHH1/2 92pts 15 TASTED characters at first then passionfruit with Hills Sauvignon Oak obvious on nose 11 AWARDED the tropical gooseberry/ an elegant, well Blanc 2021 and palate with nuances passionfruit elements balanced, long and very HHHH 94pts of tropical fruits. “A Solid, consistent, push through. Great flavoursome palate and a Full flavoured and very good attempt at a fume group with a number line of acid and a lovely lingering citrus finish. $25 varietal with lots of style!” thought one of of wines showing lingering finish. $25 genuine fruit sweetness, the judges. $29.99 barrel fermentation lovely zippy acidity and a Rapaura Springs Bull and different ferment K1 Single Vineyard long fruity finish. $25 Paddock Vineyard techniques. “These are Adelaide Hills Marlborough more textured wines Sauvignon Blanc Sauvignon Blanc rather than fresh and 2021 2021 HHH 91pts lively simple varietals,” HHHH1/2 96pts Pungent fruit fragrances said one judge. “At this Pungent tropical nose and very green varietal price there is more with grassy hints and palate with nice tropical winemaker intervention.” some green bean notes. touches. $27.90 NZ Light bodied palate, Cobb's Hill Estate good flavour profile, Sidesaddle Adelaide leaning towards a Hills Sauvignon greener side and plenty Blanc 2021 of acid. $25 HHH 91pts Subtle floral/perfumed nose and elegant floral/ citrus flavour profile. $28 JUDGES Alyson Tannenbaum Lieke Van der Hulst Sara Zhang Winemaker for Assistant winemaker for Winemaker at TWG (The Wine Vinteloper Wines. WIC Winemaking a joint Group). Previously vintaged Previously a winemaker enterprise between AWRI and at Berri Estates, West Cape with Cape Jaffa Wines the University of Adelaide. Howe, WA and Grower and vintage winemaker Formerly at Wirra Wirra, Primo Wine Group in Australia. with Yalumba. Judged at Estate and Paxton wineries. Overseas includes Villa Maria, Rutherglen, Limestone Has a PhD in Science, Adelaide Marlborough and Bordeaux Coast and Adelaide Hills Uni, with wine research for six months, Right Bank wine shows. Vintaged background. Has been on Chateaux, through a Bordeaux in California and New multiple sensory panels for consultant. Has judged at the Zealand. Completed Adelaide Uni and AWRI and Riverland wine show. AWAC wine course. achieved WSET 2 level. 72 W I N E S TAT E November/December 2021

varietal tasting Elysian Springs Sidewood Mappinga Passel Estate SAUVIGNON Clyde Park Estate Pennies From Adelaide Hills Margaret River BLANC $40+ Geelong Fumé Blanc Heaven Adelaide Fumé Blanc 2020 Sauvignon Blanc 2021 HHH1/2 92pts Hills Sauvignon HHH1/2 92pts 2019 HHH 91pts 5 TASTED Smoky and flinty and Blanc 2021 Honeyed toasty bouquet A bright green flinty, 2 AWARDED layered with spicy HHHHH 98pts with underlying apple/ savoury and citrus driven A couple of great, herbaceous characters Pale lemon hues with citrus notes and similar style. “It is simple but seamlessly, balanced laced with crisp acidity. an elegant grassy/ characters echoed on very good.” $30 examples offering good Nice long finish. $40 passionfruit nose and a the palate. $35 Jack Rabbit cellaring prospects. very elegant palate with Flowstone Margaret Vineyard Bellarine intense peppery citrus River Sauvignon Peninsula Sauvignon Flowstone Queen of flavours. “Wine of the Blanc 2019 Blanc 2018 the Earth Margaret day!” according to one HHH1/2 92pts HHH 91pts River Sauvignon judge. $30 Toasty savoury Honeyed toasty melon Blanc 2019 Leura Park Estate nose with a hint of bouquet and a broad HHHH1/2 96pts Bellarine Peninsula passionfruit. Intense sweet varietal fruit Pale green wine that Sauvignon Blanc peppery tropical fruit palate. $35 is a very youthful mix 2018 HHHH 95pts flavours on an elegant Yes Said The Seal of gooseberry, citrus Still amazingly palate. $32 Bellarine Peninsula and grassy characters. youthful with light Feathertop Alpine Sauvignon Blanc It has a long lingering tropical aromas and Valleys Sauvignon 2018 HHH 91pts acid spine with a nice honeyed notes and Blanc 2021 Mature style with a minerality. $55 well balanced buttery HHH 91pts brioche edge to the varietal palate. $30 Passionfruit fragrances ripe honeydew melon Mount Avoca Estate and a flinty mineral varietal characters. $38 Organic Pyrenees palate with subtle Yes Said The Seal Sauvignon Blanc varietal flavours. $30 Bellarine Peninsula 2021 HHHH 94pts Gippsland Wine Sauvignon Blanc Nose is a mélange of Company Moyara 2017 HHH 91pts melons, tropical fruit Vineyard Gippsland Fresh for its age with and oak with a medium Sauvignon Blanc mature toasty, buttery and bodied tropical/citrus 2020 HHH 91pts honeyed elements. $38 palate and a soft fruit Lots of tropical/ finish. $32.50 herbaceous varietal fruit on both the nose and palate with zippy acidity. $35 Charnwood Estate in Mudgee is a small player kicking big goals with its Shiraz and Merlot. As small and boutique as wineries come, Charnwood demanded everyone’s attention when its 2009 Charlie’s Row Merlot won against some higher profile wineries in the 2011 Winewise Championship. Charnwood Estate is located in the Mudgee wine region of NSW; located on a historic property just 5 minutes from the centre of Mudgee and nestled at the foot of the hills in the delightful Cudgegong Valley. At Charnwood, we specialise in red wines and are particularly proud of our Shiraz which keeps going from strength to strength. For Tastings and Sales, visit our cellar door at The Winning Post Motor Inn, 101 Church Street, Mudgee. ph: 0417 451 102 email: [email protected] www.charnwoodestate.com.au November/December 2021 W I N E S TAT E 73

ROSÉ 151 TASTED 92 AWARDED ROSÉ Finally rosés are more popular and deserving their place in Shingleback Ricca Terra Colour Australia's bright and warmer landscape. Whilst colours are still Haycutters Salmon of Calmness all over the place two important things have happened over the McLaren Vale Rosé Riverland SA Rosé past few years; firstly more rosé are now made as designated 2021 HHH 91pts 2021 HHHHH 98pts rosés, not as an afterthought and secondly most rosés are now A seamless mingling A lightweight with in the dry and balanced spectrum so consumers know what they between sweetness and plenty of length. are getting. acid. Soft in the mouth. Lovely floral/herbal fruit $18 expression to the nose ROSÉ Zilzie Wines Bulloak De Bortoli Rose with floral complexity on UNDER $20 Rosé 2021 King Valley Rosé Babydoll Rosé the crisp palate with a HHHH1/2 97pts 2021 HHHH 94pts 2021 HHH 91pts strawberry finish. $22.50 28 TASTED “This is a serious rosé,” Pale pink with attractive Pungent nose – almost Claymore Whole 13 AWARDED declared one judge. red berry aromas edged sauvignon blanc-like Lotta Love Adelaide Salmon pink in colour with mineral notes. with a red fruit palate. Hills Rosé 2021 A huge range of colours with strawberry-like Nice balance of berry $18.95 NZ HHHH1/2 96pts here! The better wines aromas showing citrus sweetness on the A light bright pink wine, were more serious hints. Good palate palate. $19.95 Twill & Daisy fleshy and juicy with showing finesse, purity weight and length. $9 Dalfarras Central Murray Darling Rosé an attractive balance and elegance. “Great Victoria Sangiovese 2020 HHH 91pts between both sweet to see a generally dry Bunnamagoo Rosé 2021 Some savoury elements and sour characters style of wine across HHH1/2 92pts evident on the and has strawberry and the board rather than Musky raspberry nose strawberry nose and cream nuances. $22 the confusing levels with herbaceous hints palate. $15.99 of sweetness we saw and lovely freshness of Hahndorf Hill in the past,” said one ripe strawberry flavours. The Drover Adelaide Hills Rosé judge. $19.70 Riverina Rosé 2021 HHHH 94pts Tempus Two Varietal 2021 HHH 90pts A delicate pink/orange Ara Single Estate South Australia Rosé Dark pink with wine with attractive Marlborough Rosé 2021 HHH 91pts a confectionery savoury/earthy fruit 2021 HHHHH 98pts Light red berry bouquet strawberry nose and aromas and flavours. A well-balanced light and delicate floral/rose balanced strawberry Showing nice mineral pink sweet/savoury petal based flavours. flavours. $5 notes. $24 style with a perfumed $15 strawberry bouquet Gapsted Wines Nericon Riverina and a crisp palate with Tobacco Road King Rosé 2021 attractive mineral notes Valley Sangiovese HHH 90pts and a textured finish. Rosé 2021 A plain style of rosé – $19.99 HHH 91pts not complex but has Floral citrus/strawberry nice citrus/red berry Estate Mount VBBAEULSYUTSE fruit with a perfumed lift fruit. $12 Lawson and crisp acidity. $16 Mudgee Rosé 22º Halo ROSÉ 2021 HHHH 94pts Kaleidescope of $20-$25 2021 Lifted lolly-like Mayhem Riverland strawberry driven nose SA Rosé 2021 25 TASTED HHH 91pts 16 AWARDED An aromatic lift to the sweet berry nose and A step up from the softly textured, nicely previous group with balanced, palate. $18 more consistency evident. “Worth paying the extra few dollars,” thought one judge. with a nicely textured palate, soft and sweet in the mouth. $15 74 W I N E S TAT E November/December 2021

varietal tasting Angas & Bremer Tahbilk Nagambie Langhorne Creek Lakes Grenache Rosé 2021 Mourvedre Rose HHH1/2 92pts 2021 HHH 91pts Lovely bright pink hues A fragrant spicy with lifted strawberry strawberry bouquet and aromas and flavours is fresh and fruity in the and a long citric finish. mouth. $21.50 $20 Haselgrove Wines Bunkers Wines Alternative Series Western Australia McLaren Vale Rosé 2021 Grenache Rosé HHH1/2 92pts 2021 HHH 90pts A citrus driven nose Simple, fresh and with a crisp refreshing clean pale pink wine palate and flavours in the with sherbet-like fruit strawberry spectrum. characters. $24 $20 Silkwood Estate ROSÉ $20-$25 The Bowers Pemberton Rosé 2020 & OLDER 2021 HHH1/2 92pts Well structured, light Mitchelton Wines Vinaceous 10 TASTED Yealands Reserve pink rosé with good Preece Nagambie Salome Western 5 AWARDED Marlborough Rosé length of red berry Lakes Grenache Australia Rosé 2020 HHHH 94pts flavours and finishing Rosé 2021 2021 HHH 91pts Some here are holding A very pungent bouquet dry. $21 HHH 91pts VBBAEULSYUTSE Lolly-like fruit nose with up well despite the with some maturing Seabrook Lineage An elegant style. some vanilla traces and general opinion of rosé characters obvious Mataro Barossa Savoury fruit aromas and a lightweight palate. $22 that “fresh is better”. It with a well-balanced Valley Rosé 2021 nicely balanced crisp Gartelmann Veronica shows that well-made flavoursome palate. HHH1/2 92pts fruit palate. $20 Hunter Valley Rosé $22.99 NZ Delicate burnt orange 2021 HHH 91pts with a pungent herbal NOVA VITA Firebird Bright pink with toffee rosés can age for a few Postcards From Italy nose and pungent but Adelaide Hills fragrances and a years. Organic Veneto Italy crisp in the mouth. $22 Pinot Rosé 2021 strawberry and cream Pinot Grigio Rosé Mistletoe T-Rose HHH 91pts palate. $23 Invivo X Sarah 2019 HHH1/2 92pts Hunter Shiraz Rosé Aromatic floral nose and Spy Valley Jessica Parker Sud Subtle potpourri of 2021 HHH1/2 92pts well-balanced, slightly Marlborough De France Rosé 2019 a nose with hints of Perfumed lift to the pungent, strawberry New Zealand Rosé HHHH1/2 96pts toastiness and softly subtle berry nose. Good palate. $20 2021 HHH 91pts Lovely nose – all textured, toasty palate. phenolics on the palate; Pungent aromatic red savoury and herbal Good acid. $20 crisp fruit flavours. $24 currant bouquet that with toasty elements Sandalford Margaret carries through onto the with similar characters River Range palate. $24.90 on the excellent Margaret River Rosé Cassegrain Wines well-balanced palate. 2020 HHH 91pts Seasons Spring “Starting to age but in Dark pink with herbal/ Hilltops Rosé a good way!” $20 creamed corn aromas 2021 HHH 91pts and a sweet red berry A fairy floss-like nose palate. $21.95 with savoury elements to the strawberry Rose dÁmelie AOC flavours. $24.95 Luberon France Rosé 2020 HHH 90pts Creamy fruit nose with some vanilla notes and bright strawberry flavours. $20 JUDGES Marc Allgrove Chris Coulter Brooke Blair Partner at Evans and Chief Winemaker, Chateau Winemaker for Peter Lehmann Ayers consulting Yaldara, 147 Wines. Has Wines in the Barossa Valley. 18 firm. With over judged at the Barossa years in the wine industry; 11 20 years in the wine show. Previously years in Canada. Has vintaged Australian wine worked at McGuigan in Spain, Chile, Canada & industry, both wines, Coldstream Hills, Australia. Previously worked Australia and abroad. MacForbes, De Bortoli at Hollick Wines, Berri Estates Worked at Hardy’s, and Helens Hill wines. & Jackson-Triggs (Canada). Constellation, He also did a stint with Judged at the Marananga Chapel Hill (CEO) Church Road, New (Barossa) wine show and and director of the Zealand. Okanagan show (Canada). Phylloxera board. November/December 2021 W I N E S TAT E 75

ROSÉ ROSÉ $25-$30 Rosabrook Wines Small Victories Sandalford Allandale Hilltops FLIGHT 1 Margaret River Rosé Wine Co. Barossa 1840 Range Swan Rosé 2021 2021 HHHH 94pts Valley Rosé 2021 Valley Rosé 2021 HHHH 94pts 33 TASTED Pretty pink wine with HHH1/2 92pts HHH 91pts Aromatic cranberry- 24 AWARDED fresh white peach-like Savoury nose with a Lifted confectionery like fruit bouquet with aromas and a minerally hint of berry fruit and bouquet with nice a stonefruit and berry Consistent group palate with nice berry more savouriness on the cherry sweetness on an flavour profile and crisp generally at the middle- fruit profile. $26 balanced palate. $25 elegant palate. $25 acid backbone. $27 of-the-road level. Many Bethany Wines First Bunnamagoo Estate Soul Growers wines may have been Village Barossa Mudgee Rosé Z Wine [AVELINE] Soul Sister Barossa better if they had not Valley Rosé 2021 2021 HHH 91pts Barossa Valley Rosé Valley Rosé 2021 been overworked, but HHH1/2 93pts Delicate bouquet and 2021 HHH 91pts HHHH 94pts still there are lots of Lemon sherbet nose weighty palate with Strawberry, toffee Salmon pink wine with nice drinking wines with mandarin traces and initial sweetness and and creamy vanilla aromatic red apple-like here. crisp citrus palate with tart finish. $25 fragrances with zippy nose and good clean sharp phenolics. $25 Curtis Family berry flavours. $25 fruit palate; soft in the McGuigan Cellar Lobethal Road Vineyards Queen mouth. $28 Select Hunter Valley Adelaide Hills Rosé Of Hearts South Gabrielle King Valley Abbey Vale Rosé 2021 2021 HHH1/2 93pts Australia Rosé Victoria Rosé Margaret River Rosé HHHH1/2 97pts A citrus bouquet with 2021 HHH 91pts 2021 HHH 90pts 2020 HHHH 94pts A fresh, vibrant and strawberry traces and Tart aromas with a Very pale pink with An attractive pale delicate pale pink rosé a soft strawberries and rose petal lift. Good muted aromas and orange rosé with smelling of musky cream palate. $25 sweetness across the upfront flavours and nice fruit sweetness strawberries that is Carillion length of the palate. $25 citrus finish. $25 and starting to show echoed on the complex Expressions Orange Forester Estate some complexity and and layered palate. Pinot Rosé 2021 Margaret River Rosé Grounded Cru maturity. $25 Crisp acid and fine HHH1/2 92pts 2021 HHH 91pts Cru McLaren Vale Jim Barry tannins. $25 Savoury and toasty A sweet and simple Grenache Rosé Barry & Sons Clare aromas with a good rosé with fruit in the 2021 HHH 90pts Valley Rosé 2020 Indigo Vineyard crisp savoury palate with strawberry spectrum A crisp lightweight style HHHH 94pts Beechworth Rosé good acid balance. $25 and savoury notes. $25 with a floral edge to the Well-balanced style 2021 HHHH 95pts Kings Creed Fleurieu cherry-like fruit. $25 that is a flavoursome A well balanced, Risky Business Peninsula Rosé combination of orange nicely textured, rosé Mount Barker WA 2021 HHH 91pts Paulett Wines blossom, mineral and with strawberry fruit Pinot Noir Rosé Pale salmon with a Clare Valley herbal characters. $25 characters, tight acid and 2021 HHH1/2 92pts mineral character to the Sangiovese Rosé Angullong Fossil Hill a creamy finish. $26 Smells of creamed corn nose and a refreshing 2021 HHH 90pts Orange Rosé 2021 with some fresh green spicy palate. $25 Savoury toasty bouquet HHH1/2 92pts d'Arenberg notes. Crisp in the mouth Matriarch & Rogue and a long very sweet Lifted red berry and Stephanie The with red berry fruit and Ken Single Vineyard and quite weighty citrus fragrances Gnome With Rose herbal finish. $25 Clare Valley SA Rosé palate. $25 with attractive sweet Coloured Glasses 2021 HHH 91pts strawberry/cherry McLaren Vale Rosé A potpourri of aromas – Taylors Taylor Made flavours. $26 2021 HHHH 94pts quite European. Palate Adelaide Hills Pungent bouquet with a both sweet and sour. $25 Pinot Noir Rosé rose petal lift and herbal Ponting Wines 2021 HHH 90pts traces. Tart and crisp in Rianna Fleurieu Slightly acetic nose the mouth with herbal Peninsula Rosé with a nicely textured, berry flavours. $25 2021 HHH 91pts flavoursome, palate. $25 Strawberry nose with Lake George a mineral subtlety and ROSÉ $25-$30 Winery Canberra refreshing, sweet, FLIGHT 2 District Rosé 2021 flavours. $25 HHHH 94pts Roaring Beach 30 TASTED A pretty, bright youthful Tasmania Rosé 18 AWARDED rosé and with a lifted 2021 HHH 91pts herbaceous nose and Light orange hues with Another consistent, refreshing lemon-like a hint of marmalade-like middle-of-the-road, palate. $25 characters on nose and group offering pleasant palate. $25 drinking. Tomich Wines Woodside Vineyard Adelaide Hills Rosé 2021 HHHH 94pts Perfumed lift to the red berry nose. The palate is elegant, crisp and balanced with strawberry-like flavours. $25 76 W I N E S TAT E November/December 2021

varietal tasting Kosciuszko Vinaceous Crafted Ekhidna She Viper Domaine de Saint ROSÉ $35+ Tumbarumba Rosé By Hand Margaret McLaren Vale Ser Prestige AOC 2021 HHH1/2 92pts River WA Rosé 2021 Shiraz Rosé 2021 Cotes Des Provence 11 TASTED Nose reminiscent HHH 91pts HHH 90pts Rosé 2019 6 AWARDED of strawberry Creamy and herbaceous Toasty nose with HHH1/2 92pts confectionery with a on both the nose and preserved orange Mature, dry, savoury and Quite a variable group creamy berry palate the long, crisp acid, nuances; soft and citrusy somewhat toasty style ranging from the fresh and drying finish. $27 palate. $28 in the mouth. $29.50 CD with some tannic grip and vibrant to the Foxey's Hangout Woody Nook Limited and crisp acidity. $34.99 textured and complex. Foxeys Mornington Release Margaret Boat O'Craigo Glandore Regional These wines aim at Peninsula Rosé 2021 River Rosé 2021 Black Spur Yarra Series Pokolbin the preferences of a HHH1/2 92pts HHH 91pts Valley Rosé 2021 NSW Rosé 2021 particular consumer Pink wine with an Well-balanced, pale HHH 90pts HHH 91pts market. orange edge, savoury/ pink, wine with a gentle A crisp savoury driven Pungent herbaceous meaty bouquet and nice subtlety of sweet red rosé with interesting bouquet with a nice Bangor Tasmania fruit freshness on the berry fruits. $28 meaty nuances. $26 savoury edge. Soft in Rosé 2021 palate. $28 Audrey Wilkinson the mouth with a dry HHHH1/2 96pts Cobb's Hill Estate Series Hunter Valley Walter Wine Co. finish. $30 Deep pink wine with Mail Run Adelaide Rosé 2020 Federation Hill Horner Wines Little a lollypop-like bouquet Hills Shiraz Rosé HHH 91pts Single Vineyard Jack Orange Rosé showing herbaceous 2021 HHH 91pts Sweet/sour style with Mudgee NSW Rosé 2021 HHH 91pts nuances and a similar Subtle lemon notes on creamed corn-like 2021 HHH 90pts Subtle cut grass-like palate offering a the nose with a crisp, traces and a crisp acid Pretty pink wine with fragrances with a touch mouthful of sweet fruit simple and refreshing backbone. $25 pleasant pungency of sweet fruit on the flavours with a savoury palate. $28 Chaffey Bros of strawberry and palate. $30 finish. $35 Laughing Jack Wine Co Lux Venit herbaceous fruits. $27 Mortimer's Chestnut Barossa Valley Rosé Barossa Valley Rosé Garth Orange Rosé Clyde Park Estate 2021 HHH 91pts 2020 HHH 91pts ROSÉ 2021 HHH 91pts Geelong Rosé 2021 The nose is savoury and Almost apricot-like $30-$35 Subdued mineral/lemon HHH1/2 92pts toasty with very good aromas with a savoury aromas with lovely light Full ripe red berry balance of savoury- thread and sweet notes 14 TASTED berry flavours on a dry nose and vibrant fruit based flavours. $28 to the toasty palate. $25 10 AWARDED palate. $30 flavours on a well- Beyond The Bream Creek balanced palate with a Risky Business Wilderness Tasmania A strong consistent Vineyard Tasmania dry finish. $35 Craft Margaret River Rosé 2019 group in the younger Pinot Rosé 2021 WA Rosé 2021 HHH 91pts wine category but more HHH 91pts Leura Park Estate HHH 91pts Light pink strawberry variation creeping in Bright lollypop nose with Bellarine Rosé 2019 Tropical touch to the and cream style of with the older wines. some “serious” fruit on HHH1/2 92pts creamy corn-like nose rosé with good acid/ Fresh is still generally the palate and a drying Nose shows subtle that follows through sweetness balance. $25 best! finish. $33 toasty development with onto the palate. $28 Fowles Wine a good flavour profile on Cabbage Tree Hill Stone Dwellers a dry savoury palate. $35 Tasmania Rosé 2021 Single Vineyard HHHH 95pts Strathbogie Ranges Gippsland Wine A lovely fresh and vibrant Rosé 2020 Company Gippsland rosé with pretty pink HHH 91pts Rosato 2021 hues, fruity strawberry Toasty citrus nose HHH 90pts aromas and an and a long, dry, cherry Great big hit of soft herbaceous palate. $30 fruit palate with good creamy fruit here acidity. $30 showing a slight savoury Erin Eyes Celtic Iron House Vineyard edge. $35 Cross Clare Rosé Tasmania Rosé 2021 2021 HHHH 94pts HHH 90pts Jack Rabbit An aromatic candy floss Smells like a bowl of Vineyard Bellarine of a nose and a crisp and strawberries and cream! Rosé 2020 refreshing strawberry Dry palate with a citrus HHH 90pts palate with a savoury finish. $30 Lifted floral fruit nose balance. $30 with an attractive balance of berry fruit Tempus Two Copper and secondary-derived Hunter Valley Rosé flavours. $35 2021 HHH1/2 92pts A generous strawberry Batch Winery and cream nose and Thomas Estate palate with attractive Field Blend Waiheke residual sweetness. $30 Island Rosé 2020 HHH 90pts Smells of bruised/ripe apples with pleasant developing fruit flavours and good acidity. $38 November/December 2021 W I N E S TAT E 77

travelbriefs WINSOR DOBBIN NEW ZEALAND Saturday evenings with cooking schools and lunches for a minimum of 12 people on Sundays. For overnight guests, Wallingford has 10 bedrooms capable of sleeping up to 20 people. They have access to the pool and pavilion, a grand sitting room, private verandas, courtyards and intimate spaces. Wallingford is at 2914 Porangahau Road, Wallingford, Hawke's Bay. See www. wallingford.co.nz. A HOT SECRET SHINING STAR OF HAWKE’S DINER WITH A DIFFERENCE BAY ONE of New Zealand’s best-kept tourism MARY’S in Havelock North is a diner with secrets is the Mõrere Hot Springs – a little WALLINGFORD is a boutique luxury hotel a difference. Think gourmet fast food and gem for anyone looking for relaxation on the and restaurant in one of New Zealand's oldest wines from a high-end winery, served in Pacific Coast Highway between Gisborne homesteads near Porangahau, about an hour a casual setting. and Hawke's Bay. south of Hastings, and is one of the shining stars of the Hawke’s Bay region. Immediately after lockdown, Craggy Visitors pay just $4 on top of the general Range Restaurant chef Casey McDonald entry price to secure a private pool at an The food from chef Chris Stockdale’s kitchen launched the pop-up Casey’s Diner in the attraction that is described as “charmingly has attracted plenty of attention – and the cellar next to his fine-dining restaurant. basic”. The pools are set in 364 hectares property even produces its own truffles. If you of rainforest, run by the Department of visit at the correct time of year, you can take In no time, the experiment was a sell-out. Conservation (DOC). part in truffle weekends which involve hunting Drinking and socialising over the for the delicacy, cooking classes as well as burgers and fries he could not serve at What bubbles up is ancient seawater, some enjoying delicious food and wine. the winery’s formal restaurant proved a 250,000 litres a day, which makes its way hit. So, Casey and businessman Jonathon to the surface through a fault line. It is then Wallingford Kitchen espouses the concept of McHardy decided to transplant the cooled and pumped into the pools. Some “slow” - connecting plate, people and planet concept – and the demographic – to days the water is hotter than others, which is in celebration. Inspired by the Wallingford Havelock North. what you expect when Mother Nature is your surrounds, the menu has an emphasis Mary’s is named after Mary Peabody, power source. Local media reported that in on seasonal produce and foraging, with wife of Craggy Range founder Terry 2019, staff noticed the pools all increased ingredients sourced from local ethical artisans Peabody and a huge black-and-white in temperature in the days leading up to the (hunters, fishermen and cheesemakers). photo from the 1960s shows the couple Whakaari/White Island eruption – something on a rollercoaster. experts have taken a keen interest in. Think dishes like fresh haloumi with pear, Much of the cooking centres around an honey, truffle and walnuts, or perhaps local expensive Josper oven that is fired with Entry to the pools is $14 with a supplement snapper with avocado, kaffir lime and Japanese lump wood. Dishes include for a 30-minute soak session in a private pool taewa. Pork belly is matched with crayfish, organic sirloin, served with French fries overlooking the forest. apple, ash and charcoal, while 90-day and topped with ‘Café de Mary’s butter’ Wallingford Black Angus beef is served and fried bread with shaved pãua and Mõrere Hot Springs is open Wednesday with celeriac, chard, beets and peas. caper mayo. to Monday. See facebook.com/ Casey McDonald remains head chef at MorereHotSprings The kitchen is open for dining Friday and Craggy Range Restaurant, but typically does the Friday lunch and dinner service at Mary’s. At other times the kitchen is headed by Simon Lillico, formerly head chef at Melbourne’s Maha East. Takeaway dishes on offer during level three Covid closures included gnocchi 78 W I N E S TAT E November/December 2021

travelbriefs carbonara; Fisherman's pie, and a big Pre-tastings are held in August with NEW ZEALAND IN A BOTTLE fried chicken pack with 10 pieces of fried the auction held each September. For chicken thigh served with pickles and details of the 2022 event check out www. WHAT is a real taste of New Zealand? coleslaw, as well as a range of gourmet hawkesbaywineauction.co.nz According to the New Zealand Herald burgers. newspaper it is a glass of Ignis Fatuus. This SPICY TASTE OF FRANCE IN is the latest release from Hastings Distillers in Mary’s is at 15 Joll Road, Havelock North. NAPIER Hawke's Bay, a gin infused with the \"blood\" Phone (06) 650 7770. www.marys.co.nz/ of the nation's forests. Specifically, the POIVRE et Sel (pepper and salt in English) fossilised resin of ancient kauri harvested EXCLUSIVE GETAWAYS is described as a little slice of France on from Northland peat bogs. Napier’s Marine Parade. ROBERTSON Lodges are three of the most Hastings Distillers' founders Kate exclusive resorts in New Zealand. Located This local favourite offers a French-style Galloway and David Ramonteau-Chiros in a trio of stunning landscapes, The Lodge fine dining experience using fresh local aim to trap botanicals in a bottle. \"That's at Kauri Cliffs, The Farm at Cape Kidnappers produce. All the dishes are made on site why we're so happy with this (Ignis Fatuus),\" and Matakauri Lodge form a string of luxurious and the elegant atmosphere and service Galloway explains, \"because it's like New destinations spanning the length of New have attracted plenty of praise. Zealand's story, in a liquid form.\" Zealand, each distinct and authentic to the region they inhabit. With Frenchman Samuel Goslin manning The base spirit for Ignis Fatuus is an the pans, the menu is classical with plenty organic sauvignon blanc made by the Robertson Lodges take pride in offering the of rich sauces. The menu features dishes Babich winemaking family. finest accommodation, sublime cuisine and like snapper with a pastis and fennel beurre exceptional guest service. blanc, courgette and tomato ragout and Hastings Distillers is 231 Heretaunga from the complimentary amuse bouche to Street, East Hastings, and is open The Farm at Cape Kidnappers is set atop the miniature loaf of brioche with the duck Wednesday-Thursday 3pm-7pm, Friday 6,000 acres of farmland at Te Awanga, is one liver mousse; there is no doubt where the 3pm-7.30pm and Saturday 11am-7.30pm. of the jewels of the Hawke’s Bay region. It offers culinary influences lie. See www.hastingsdistillers.com/ boutique lodge accommodation, an award- winning Tom Doak-designed golf course and Opened in late 2019, Poivre et Sel is a NAPIER’S NEW HOTEL natural beauty. family affair. There is a two-course minimum order. The wine list features both French and NAPIER has a new hotel that is part of an Day guests are welcome to enjoy breakfasts, New Zealand wines, with a Kiwi selection international group. The 52-room Swiss- three-course lunches and fine dining and available by the glass. Belboutique hotel is on the corner of are also able to play a round of golf or enjoy Munroe and Raffles streets and is the first relaxing treatments in the day spa. Poivre et Sel is at 189 Marine Parade, internationally branded hotel in the city. Napier. www.poivresel.co.nz. See www.robertsonlodges.com/the-lodges/ The company already has New Zealand cape-kidnappers STAY IN STYLE Swiss-Belhotel operations in Auckland, Queenstown and at Coronet Peak. GOOD TIME TO TIME YOUR CRAGGY Range is one of New Zealand’s BIDS iconic wineries with a formidable reputation for The hotel is just a five-minute stroll from quality. To soak up some of the atmosphere, Marine Parade, home to the Sunken VISITORS to Hawke’s Bay should try to time wine tasters and diners can stay overnight in Gardens and National Aquarium of New their trip to coincide with the annual Hawke’s considerable style. The vineyard is home to Zealand. The hotel has an Art Deco feel and Bay Wine Auction, which celebrated its 30th a series of cottages, some with one bedroom boasts “the most spacious rooms in Napier”. birthday in 2021. and others with two, which are $495 a night. The vineyard is near Te Mata Peak, and its The hotel has a lobby bar and is also Theauctionfeaturesartworks,bespoke,one- on-site restaurant is unmissable. home to Saffron Social Kitchen, which adds off wines from some of the most prestigious a modern twist to Indian cuisine. See www. wineries in Hawke’s Bay, collaborations Craggy Range from $495 for a two-bedroom swiss-belboutiquenapier.com between winemakers, luxury accommodation vineyard cottage. See craggyrange.com and restaurants, and travel packages. Top left: Exterior view at Cape Kidnappers. Opposite page left: Morere Hot Springs Pools. November/December 2021 W I N E S TAT E 79

69 TASTED JUDGED BY 67 RECOMMENDED Michael Cooper MARLBOROUGH Winestate’s New Zealand editor is author of the internationally acclaimed Wine Atlas of New Zealand and the annual New Zealand Wines: Michael Cooper’s Buyer’s Guide. In the 2004 New Year Honours, Michael was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to wine writing. This memorable tasting underlined the impressive diversity of Allan Scott Brancott Estate Marlborough’s wine output – less than 30% of the entries were [Black Label] Reserve Awatere sauvignon blancs. If you haven’t yet discovered the quality of the Kekerengu Marlborough region’s chardonnays, rieslings, albarinos, grüner veltliners, sweet Sauvignon Blanc Sauvignon Blanc whites, sparklings and pinot noirs, here is your perfect starting point. 2021 2021 HHHH1/2 96pts HHHH1/2 97pts Offering great value, this Prices shown are approximate New Zealand retail. Wines available From a coastal intensely aromatic wine in export markets are shown as (A) Australia; (UK) and (US). site 70km south of is very crisp and lively. Blenheim, this highly Light lemon/green, it is SAUVIGNON Greywacke Stoneleigh aromatic wine was full-bodied, with fresh, BLANC Marlborough Rapaura Series bottled unfined and penetrating, tropical fruit Sauvignon Blanc Single Vineyard unfiltered. Showing and herbaceous flavours, 19 TASTED 2020 HHHHH 98pts Marlborough strong personality, and a racy, lingering 18 RECOMMENDED Drinking well now, this Sauvignon Blanc it is full-bodied and finish. It’s already very characterful wine was 2020 HHHHH 98pts punchy, with very good open and expressive. From a low-cropping grown at sites in the ‘The absolute best intensity of tropical $18 season - caused by central Wairau Valley and of Stoneleigh’, this fruit and herbaceous Hunter’s a late spring frost, in the Southern Valleys, powerful wine was flavours, a salty streak Marlborough followed by cool and a minority of the estate-grown at and fresh, appetising Sauvignon Blanc weather during the blend was fermented Rapaura. Bright, light acidity. $25 2021 HHHH1/2 96pts vines’ flowering – the with indigenous yeasts lemon/green, it is Babydoll Sharply priced, this full- 2021 Marlborough in old oak barrels. weighty and sweet- Marlborough bodied, sweet-fruited sauvignon blancs are Bright, light lemon/ fruited, with ripe, Sauvignon Blanc wine was grown in intensely aromatic and green, it is weighty tropical fruit flavours, 2021 the Wairau Valley and flavour-packed. However, and sweet-fruited, deep and dry, that HHHH1/2 97pts a small portion of the the tasting also included with strong, vibrant, build to a lasting finish. If you like the punchy, blend was fermented in some outstanding ripely herbaceous Currently delicious, it’s herbaceous, high large French oak barrels. examples of very flavours, showing good a classic example of impact style of Awatere Ripely scented, it is age-worthy sauvignon complexity, and a finely the mid Wairau Valley Valley sauvignon blanc, weighty, with strong, blancs, partly or wholly textured, dry finish. $28 style. $25 this is for you. Bright, tropical fruit flavours, barrel-fermented. (A, UK, US) Yealands Reserve light lemon/green, it a distinct touch of Greywacke Marlborough is intensely aromatic complexity, balanced Brancott Estate Marlborough Wild Sauvignon Blanc and full of youthful acidity and good length. Chosen Rows Sauvignon 2019 2021 HHHHH 98pts vigour, with penetrating $20 (A, UK, US) Marlborough HHHHH 98pts This is a classic Awatere grapefruit and green Forrest Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc This distinctive, classy Valley style, bargain- capsicum flavours, a Sauvignon Blanc 2015 HHHHH 98pts wine was grown in the priced. Bright, light slightly salty streak, and 2021 HHHH 95pts This powerful, golden Southern Valleys and lemon/green, with a a crisp, dry, sustained Delicious young, this wine is very weighty central Wairau Valley and pungent, herbaceous finish. $19 (A) bright, light lemon/ and fleshy, with fermented and lees-aged bouquet, it is powerful Brancott Estate green wine is lively and concentrated, tropical in French oak barriques and weighty, with Letter Series B sweet-fruited, with very fruit flavours, oak- (mostly old). Bright, appetising acidity and Marlborough good delicacy and depth derived complexity, light yellow/green, it is incisive passionfruit, Sauvignon Blanc of ripely herbaceous balanced acidity and fragrant and weighty, lime and green 2021 flavours, fresh, a lasting finish. A with concentrated, ripe capsicum flavours, racy, HHHH1/2 96pts harmonious and smooth. distinctive wine, it’s now tropical fruit flavours, dry and long. Fine value. From ‘key Marlborough $25 at its peak. $80 biscuity, savoury notes $20 (A, UK) vineyards’, this light Stoneleigh Latitude adding complexity, and lemon/green wine Marlborough a finely textured finish. is fleshy and finely Sauvignon Blanc Drink now or cellar. $39 balanced, with 2021 HHHH 95pts (A, UK, US) generous, ripe, tropical Estate-grown at Rapaura, fruit flavours to the in the Wairau Valley, this fore, a herbaceous bright, light lemon/green undercurrent, and a wine is fresh and full- crisp, lingering finish. bodied, with strong, ripe, $25 passionfruit/lime flavours, showing very good depth and vigour, and a crisp finish. $20 80 W I N E S TAT E November/December 2021

regional tasting Stoneleigh Stoneleigh Wild Forrest Marlborough Allan Scott [Black PINOT GRIS Marlborough Valley Marlborough Chardonnay 2020 Label] Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc Sauvignon Blanc HHHH1/2 96pts Chardonnay 9 TASTED 2021 HHHH 95pts 2020 HHH1/2 92pts Drinking well in its 2019 HHHH 95pts 8 RECOMMENDED A top vintage of this ‘Wild fermented by the youth, but worth Still unfolding, this label. Bright, light micro-flora that occur cellaring, this bright, weighty, bold wine was An attractive line-up of lemon/green, it is naturally in the Rapaura light yellow/green French oak-aged for aromatic, vibrantly fruity fresh and vigorous, environment’, this light wine is fragrant, with eight months. Yellow/ wines, typically full- with mouthfilling body yellow/green wine is a hint of butterscotch. green, it is full-bodied, bodied and off-dry, with and good intensity fleshy and smooth, with Full-bodied, it has rich, with strong, ripe stone- the top wines revealing of passionfruit/lime ripe, passionfruit-like vibrant, peachy flavours, fruit flavours, creamy, an Alsace-style power, flavours. Top value flavours, showing good finely integrated toasty toasty notes adding weight and richness. drinking for the summer depth. Ready. $18 oak, and a creamy- complexity, balanced of 2021-22. $17 smooth finish. $28 acidity and a smooth Greywacke Stoneleigh Organic CHARDONNAY Hunter’s Offshoot finish. $25 Marlborough Marlborough Marlborough Stoneleigh Latitude Pinot Gris 2019 Sauvignon Blanc 9 TASTED Chardonnay 2019 Marlborough HHHH1/2 97pts 2021 HHHH 95pts 9 RECOMMENDED HHHH1/2 96pts Chardonnay This powerful wine Certified organic, this This youthful, savoury 2020 HHHH 95pts was grown at Rapaura characterful wine is A strong class, with wine was hand-picked at Bargain-priced, this (mostly) and in the enjoyable from the start. several mid-priced Rapaura from 30-year- attractive wine was Brancott Valley, hand- Light lemon/green, it chardonnays revealing old vines and fermented estate-grown at picked, and fermented is full-bodied and lively, excellent freshness, and matured for a year Rapaura, and fermented mostly in old French with fresh, tropical fruit vigour and depth, and in large (900 litre) French and matured for eight oak barriques. Bright, flavours to the fore, some impressively oak barrels. Bright, months in French oak light yellow/green, gentle herbaceous notes complex, age-worthy, light lemon/green, it casks (20% new). it is weighty, with and good concentration. barrel-fermented wines. is mouthfilling, with Bright, light yellow/ concentrated, ripe, $20 fresh acidity, very good green, it is weighty, with peachy, spicy flavours, Yealands Estate Greywacke intensity of ripe, citrusy, ripe stone-fruit flavours, a hint of ginger, fresh Single Vineyard Marlborough peachy flavours, biscuity finely integrated oak, acidity and an off-dry Marlborough Chardonnay notes adding complexity, balanced acidity, and finish. $31 (A, UK) Sauvignon Blanc 2018 HHHHH 98pts and obvious aging very good depth and 2021 HHHH 94pts Currently delicious, but potential. $36 (A, UK) harmony. $20 Stoneleigh Latitude Estate-grown in the very age-worthy, this Stoneleigh Rapaura Stoneleigh Organic Marlborough Awatere Valley, this tightly structured wine Series Marlborough Marlborough Pinot Gris 2021 green-edged wine has was grown principally in Chardonnay 2020 Chardonnay HHHH1/2 97pts a strongly herbaceous the lower reaches of the HHHH1/2 96pts 2020 HHHH 95pts Estate-grown at bouquet, leading into Brancott Valley and at Worth cellaring, this Certified organic, this Rapaura, in the Wairau a crisp, very fresh and Fairhall, hand-harvested, generous, single- is a characterful wine, Valley, this age-worthy punchy wine with some and fermented and vineyard wine was full-bodied, with lively, wine offers fine value. tropical fruit flavours and matured for 18 months estate-grown in the citrusy, peachy flavours, Pale, fresh and full- lots of youthful impact. in French oak barriques Rapaura district. Bright, toasty, buttery notes bodied, it has very $27 (A, UK) (20% new). Bright, light light lemon/green, it is adding complexity, fresh youthful, generous Yealands yellow/green, it has a full-bodied, with fresh acidity, and very good peach, pear, lychee and Marlborough fragrant, slightly smoky acidity and strong, ripe, vigour and depth. $20 spice flavours, showing Sauvignon Blanc bouquet. Full-bodied, peachy, slightly toasty Stoneleigh Wild excellent delicacy, 2021 HHHH 94pts it has ripe stone-fruit flavours, showing Valley Marlborough richness and length. Bargain-priced, this flavours, well-integrated good complexity. Best Chardonnay Best drinking 2023+. fresh, full-bodied wine oak, and impressive drinking 2023+. $25 2020 HHHH 95pts $20 is lively, with strongly concentration, Already enjoyable but varietal, passionfruit, complexity and harmony. worth cellaring too, Stoneleigh Wild lime and green capsicum $43 (A, UK, US) this wine was estate- Valley Marlborough flavours, crisp, finely grown at Rapaura Pinot Gris 2021 balanced and lingering. Brancott Estate and fermented with HHHH1/2 96pts $17 (A, UK, US) Letter Series O indigenous (‘wild’) Bargain-priced, this Brancott Estate Marlborough yeasts. Bright, light Alsace-style pinot gris Marlborough Chardonnay 2019 lemon/green, it is was fermented with Sauvignon Blanc HHHH1/2 97pts fresh, full-bodied indigenous (‘wild’) 2021 HHH1/2 93pts Offering fine value, and savoury, with yeasts. Light yellow/ Priced sharply, this this fresh, age-worthy vigorous, citrusy, peachy green, it shows strong huge volume wine wine has a fragrant, flavours, revealing good personality, with a has a freshly aromatic, smoky bouquet. Bright, complexity. Fine value. vaguely honeyed strongly varietal bouquet. light lemon/green, it $18 bouquet, mouthfilling Full-bodied, it has is mouthfilling, with body, strong stone-fruit tropical fruit flavours to concentrated, vibrant, flavours, a touch of the fore, a herbaceous peachy flavours, mealy complexity, and a slightly undercurrent, and a crisp, and toasty notes adding sweet, finely balanced lively finish. $14 complexity, balanced finish. Delicious young. acidity and a lingering $18 finish. Best drinking 2023+. $25 November/December 2021 W I N E S TAT E 81

MARLBOROUGH Brancott Estate RIESLING Stoneleigh SWEET Deutz Marlborough Reserve Wairau Marlborough WHITES Prestige Cuvée Marlborough 4 TASTED Riesling 2020 2017 HHHHH 98pts Pinot Gris 2021 4 RECOMMENDED HHHH 95pts 1 TASTED This refined, rich HHHH 95pts Priced sharply, this 1 RECOMMENDED sparkling is a 2:1 blend Enjoyable from the start, A small but rewarding fragrant, medium-bodied of chardonnay and pinot this full-bodied wine has class of medium to full- wine has lively, peachy, Greywacke Botrytis noir, disgorged after a fresh, spicy bouquet. bodied wines, invitingly citrusy, slightly gingery Marlborough Pinot three years on its yeast Light lemon/green, it is scented and off-dry, with flavours, showing very Gris 2018 (375ml) lees. Full-bodied and strongly varietal, with good vigour and flavour good ripeness and HHHHH 98pts very harmonious, it is generous peach, pear intensity. depth, and an off-dry, This lovely dessert tightly structured and and spice flavours, a hint crisp finish. It’s already wine was made from complex, with lively, of ginger and an off-dry Greywacke drinking well. $17 shrivelled grapes, peachy, yeasty, slightly finish. $18 Marlborough hand-harvested in the toasty flavours, smooth, Forrest Marlborough Riesling OTHER Brancott Valley and near dry and persistent. $30 Pinot Gris 2020 HHHHH 98pts WHITES Renwick, and fermented Mumm Marlborough 2021 HHHH 94pts This finely poised, in an even split of tanks Brut Prestige ‘Great for any occasion’, youthful wine was 2 TASTED and old French oak NV HHHHH 98pts this pale gold wine is hand-picked from mature 2 RECOMMENDED barriques. Golden, with This distinctive, highly fragrant and full-bodied. vines at Fairhall and a honeyed bouquet, it is refined bubbly is a blend Still very youthful, it has fermented in an even Forrest Marlborough fleshy and complex, with of pinot noir (46%), strong peach, pear and split of tanks and old Albariño lush, peachy, honey- chardonnay (45%) and spice flavours, showing French oak barriques. 2021 HHHHH 98pts sweet flavours, balanced pinot meunier (9%), a distinct touch of Bright, light lemon/green, Full of personality, this acidity and a slightly oily matured on its yeast complexity, fresh acidity it is full-bodied, with high impact wine is richness. $39 (UK) lees for three years and a dryish finish. Best strong, citrusy, peachy, a great alternative to and blended with drinking 2023+. $25 spicy flavours, showing sauvignon blanc. Bright, SPARKLING 24% reserve stocks. Stoneleigh Rapaura good complexity, that light lemon/green, it is Pale straw, with an Series Marlborough build to a crisp, gently mouthfilling and vibrantly 7 TASTED attractively scented, Pinot Gris sweet, lasting finish. fruity, with penetrating, 7 RECOMMENDED biscuity, yeasty bouquet, 2020 HHHH 94pts Best drinking 2023+. $31 peachy, citrusy, spicy it is vivacious, with Drinking well now, this (A, UK) flavours, vaguely salty Marlborough is the generous, peachy, single-vineyard wine notes, a touch of engine room of New complex flavours, crisp, was estate-grown in Forrest Marlborough complexity and a crisp, Zealand’s sparkling wine dry, smooth and lasting. the Rapaura district. Riesling 2020 lasting finish. $28 output, and it produces Fine value. $40 Pale straw, it is slightly HHHH1/2 97pts Forrest Marlborough some outstanding Mumm Marlborough gewürztraminer-like, Attractively scented, Grüner Veltliner examples. This class was Vintage Rosé with mouthfilling body, a this wine is full of 2021 HHHHH 98pts dominated by Pernod 2016 HHHHH 98pts sliver of sweetness and youthful vigour. Bright, Already delicious, this Ricard NZ’s top labels, This classy, pale pink strong, peachy, spicy light lemon/green, it finely crafted, youthful sold (under licence) sparkling was made flavours. $25 is full-bodied, with wine is full-bodied, with utilising two classic entirely from pinot noir Stoneleigh concentrated, lemony, strong, fresh, peachy, Champagne brands, and disgorged after Marlborough appley, limey flavours, a spicy flavours, racy Deutz and Mumm. four years on its yeast Pinot Gris 2021 sliver of sweetness and acidity and a basically lees. Vivacious, it has HHH1/2 93pts a crisp, finely balanced, dry, lingering finish. Deutz Marlborough impressive intensity of Enjoyable young, this lingering finish. Best Well worth discovering, Cuvée Blanc de strawberry, watermelon pale, freshly scented drinking 2023+. $25 it should be at its best Blancs 2017 and spice flavours, crisp, wine is full-bodied 2023+. $28 HHHHH 98pts yeasty and complex, and vibrantly fruity, Hunter’s Chardonnay-based, with that float across the with very good depth Marlborough a fragrant, citrusy, yeasty palate to a smooth, very of pear, lychee and Riesling 2021 bouquet, this very harmonious finish. $45 spice flavours, a HHHH1/2 97pts lively wine has notably Deutz Marlborough sliver of sweetness, Well worth cellaring, intense, vigorous, Cuvée Rosé and a smooth, very this single-vineyard wine lemony, complex NV HHHH1/2 97pts harmonious finish. Fine was estate-grown at flavours, crisp, dry and Pale pink, this vivacious value. $17 Rapaura, in the Wairau lasting. Fine value. $30 bubbly has good Stoneleigh Organic Valley. Invitingly scented, intensity of peachy, Marlborough it is medium-bodied, strawberryish, yeasty Pinot Gris 2021 with very good intensity flavours, crisp, complex, HHH1/2 93pts of vibrant, citrusy, dryish and lingering. $26 Certified organic, this peachy, slightly spicy pale straw wine is flavours, and a crisp, mouthfilling, with good dryish, persistent finish. depth of peachy, spicy, $20 (A, UK) slightly gingery flavours and an off-dry finish. Enjoyable young. $20 82 W I N E S TAT E November/December 2021

regional tasting Hunter’s Miru Miru PINOT NOIR Hunter’s Brancott Estate Coopers Creek NV HHHH1/2 97pts Marlborough Letter Series T Marlborough Attractively scented, this 15 TASTED Pinot Noir 2020 Marlborough Pinot Noir 2020 vigorous Marlborough 15 RECOMMENDED HHHH1/2 96pts Pinot Noir 2019 HHH1/2 92pts sparkling is a blend of Bargain-priced, this HHHH 94pts Priced right, this fragrant, chardonnay (50%), pinot A strong class, ranging elegant red was grown Still youthful, this deep supple red was grown noir (46%) and pinot from enjoyable, vibrantly on hill sites in the ruby red has a fragrant, in the Rapaura district of meunier (4%), disgorged fruity, very affordable Southern Valleys, hand- slightly earthy bouquet. the Wairau Valley. Ruby after 18 months on its wines to distinguished picked and matured for Mouthfilling and hued, it is sweet-fruited, yeast lees. Pale straw, reds, grown mostly a year in French oak savoury, it has generous, with good vigour and it has strong, citrusy, in the clay soils of the barrels. Deeply coloured, berryish, spicy flavours, depth of cherry, plum and yeasty, slightly biscuity Southern Valleys, on the it is full-bodied, with fresh acidity, a touch spice flavours, fresh and flavours, showing good south side of the Wairau strong, fresh, cherryish, of tannin and good smooth. Best drinking complexity, and a dryish, Valley. plummy flavours, harmony. Best drinking mid-2022+. $22 (UK, US) appetisingly crisp finish. finely integrated oak 2023+. $25 Stoneleigh Wild $26 (A, UK, US) Fromm Fromm and a smooth, very Hunter’s Offshoot Valley Marlborough Deutz Marlborough Vineyard harmonious finish. Best Marlborough Pinot Noir Cuvée NV Marlborough drinking 2023+. $28 (A, Pinot Noir 2020 2019 HHH1/2 92pts HHHH 95pts Pinot Noir 2019 UK, US) HHHH 94pts Fermented with Priced right, this blend HHHHH 98pts Forrest Marlborough This youthful, savoury red indigenous (‘wild’) of chardonnay and pinot Crying out for more time, Pinot Noir was hand-harvested from yeasts, this youthful, noir is lemon-scented, this organically-certified 2019 HHHH 95pts 30-year-old vines in the bright ruby red has fresh, with fresh acidity wine was estate-grown This very age-worthy Home Block at Rapaura, ripe cherry, plum and and vigorous, citrusy, in the Wairau Valley, red was harvested from matured for 15 months spice flavours, showing yeasty, slightly biscuity hand-picked, matured for vines over 25 years old in French oak casks, a touch of complexity, flavours, showing good 17 months in seasoned in the Southern Valleys and bottled unfined and good vigour and depth, complexity. $25 French oak barrels, and and matured for 10 unfiltered. Bright ruby, it is with a moderately firm bottled unfined and months in French oak mouthfilling and supple, finish. Best drinking mid- ROSÉ unfiltered. Full-coloured, barriques (20% new). with good depth of ripe 2022+. $18 it is a ‘serious’, savoury Deeply coloured, it is cherry, plum and spice Stoneleigh 3 TASTED style, with rich cherry, medium to full-bodied, flavours, earthy notes Marlborough 3 RECOMMENDED plum and spice flavours, with strong, vibrant, adding complexity, and Pinot Noir 2020 earthy notes adding plummy, spicy flavours, a smooth finish. Best HHH 91pts Brancott Estate complexity, and good fresh acidity and supple drinking 2023+. $36 Still very youthful, this Reserve Wairau tannin backbone. $65 tannins. Best drinking (A, UK) regional blend is bright Marlborough Rosé (A, US) 2023+. $35 Allan Scott [Black ruby, with mouthfilling 2020 HHHH 95pts Stoneleigh Latitude Label] Marlborough body, good depth of ripe Unfolding well, this Greywacke Marlborough Pinot Noir plum, berry and spice pink/pale orange wine Marlborough Pinot Noir 2020 2019 HHH1/2 93pts flavours, a touch of is still fresh and lively. Pinot Noir 2019 HHHH 95pts This fresh, smooth complexity, and a fairly Full-bodied, it has strong HHHHH 98pts Well worth cellaring, red was hand-picked, firm finish. Best drinking strawberry and spice This generous, vibrant red this sturdy red was fermented with mid-2022+. $17 flavours, balanced acidity was grown on hillsides grown in the Rapaura indigenous yeasts and Stoneleigh Organic and lots of current- in the Southern Valleys district of the Wairau barrel-aged (20% new). Marlborough drinking appeal. $18 and matured in French Valley. Full, bright ruby, Ruby hued, it is vibrantly Pinot Noir 2020 Stoneleigh Organic oak barriques (30% it is mouthfilling, with fruity, with ripe cherry, HHH 90pts Marlborough Rosé new). Deep ruby, it is good concentration of plum and spice flavours, Certified organic, this 2021 HHHH 94pts mouthfilling and youthful, plummy, spicy flavours, showing a distinct touch deep ruby wine is Instantly likeable, this with concentrated cherry, oak complexity, and a of complexity. Drink now robust, with strong plum organically certified plum and spice flavours, savoury, fairly firm finish. or cellar. $25 and spice flavours, a wine is bright pink finely integrated oak, Best drinking 2023+. Brancott Estate slightly earthy streak and and invitingly scented. savoury notes adding $20 Reserve Awatere a fairly firm finish. Still Full-bodied, it is complexity, and supple Stoneleigh Rapaura Marlborough very youthful, it needs vibrantly fruity, with tannins. Best drinking Series Marlborough Pinot Noir 2020 time; open mid-2022+. ripe watermelon, 2023+. $49 (A, UK, US) Pinot Noir HHH1/2 92pts $20 strawberry and spice 2020 HHHH 95pts Bargain-priced, this flavours, lively, strong Brancott Estate From a single vineyard bright ruby, Awatere and smooth. $20 Chosen Rows at Rapaura, this very Valley red is mouthfilling, Stoneleigh Marlborough youthful, full-coloured with ripe, youthful Marlborough Pinot Noir 2019 red is full-bodied and cherry, plum and spice Pinot Noir Rosé HHHH1/2 97pts savoury, with ripe flavours, showing 2020 HHH 91pts Already delicious, this cherry, plum and spice a distinct touch of This pink/slight orange bright ruby, sweet-fruited flavours, showing complexity, and a wine has good depth of red has concentrated good complexity, and a moderately firm finish. moderately fresh, peachy, cherry, plum and spice structured, moderately Best drinking mid- strawberryish flavours, a flavours, nutty oak firm finish. Best drinking 2022+. $18 sliver of sweetness and adding complexity, and 2023+. $25 crisp acidity. It’s ready to gentle tannins. A very roll. $17 generous, supple red, it should break into full stride mid-2023+. $100 November/December 2021 W I N E S TAT E 83

76 TASTED 75 RECOMMENDED MICHAEL COOPER RECENT RELEASES New Zealand is draped across 1600 kilometres, north to south, CHARDONNAY so it’s no surprise its vineyards yield a stimulating diversity of wines. Among the latest releases are outstanding examples of 9 TASTED 9 RECOMMENDED familiar styles, including Marlborough sauvignon blanc, Hawke's Bay chardonnay, Central Otago pinot noir and Hawke's Bay syrah. Less familiar to many wine lovers are the chardonnays, cabernet sauvignon/merlots and syrahs from Waiheke Island, in Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf. The tasting also features impressive examples of pinot gris, viognier, riesling and dessert wine. Prices shown are approximate New Zealand retail. Wines available in export markets are shown as (A) Australia; (UK) and (US). SAUVIGNON Invivo X Sarah Graham Norton’s Church Road 1 Mudbrick Vineyard BLANC Jessica Parker Own New Zealand Single Vineyard Francesca Waiheke Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc Terraces Island Chardonnay 7 TASTED Sauvignon Blanc 2021 HHH1/2 92pts Chardonnay 2019 2020 HHHHH 98pts 6 RECOMMENDED 2021 Labelled without a HHHHH 98pts Still very youthful, this HHHH1/2 97pts specific region of origin, This classy, youthful single-vineyard wine Rock Ferry 3rd Made in “a tropical other than New Zealand, Hawke's Bay wine was was hand-harvested and Rock Marlborough style”, this high impact this light lemon/green grown in the lower barrel-fermented (French, Sauvignon Blanc wine is already very wine is youthful and Tuki Tuki Valley and 75% new). Bright, light 2021 HHHHH 98pts enjoyable. Light lemon/ lively, with tropical fruit fermented and matured lemon/green, it has a Certified organic, this green, it is fresh, lively, and herbaceous flavours, in French oak casks fragrant, slightly smoky classy wine was grown mouthfilling and sweet- showing very good (27% new). Bright, light bouquet. Mouthfilling in the Omaka and fruited, with strong, freshness and depth. yellow/green, with a and lively, it has rich, Wairau valleys, and passionfruit/lime flavours $19 slightly smoky fragrance, citrusy, peachy flavours, part of the blend was to the fore, a herbal Invivo Marlborough it is powerful yet elegant, seasoned with toasty fermented in a large oak undercurrent, good Sauvignon Blanc with strong peach and oak, good acid spine cuve. Mouthfilling and acid spine and a lasting 2021 HHH1/2 92pts grapefruit flavours, and a long finish. Best vibrantly fruity, it has finish. $22 Fresh and lively, this finely balanced toasty drinking 2024+. $120 intense, ripe tropical Rock Ferry medium to full-bodied oak, vibrant acidity, and Passage Rock fruit flavours to the The Corners wine has ripe tropical impressive richness Reserve Waiheke fore, a distinct touch Vineyard fruit and herbaceous and complexity. Tightly Island Chardonnay of complexity, good Marlborough flavours, crisp acidity structured, it’s well 2020 HHHHH 98pts acid spine and a lasting Sauvignon Blanc and very good depth. worth cellaring. $100 Showing obvious finish. $25 2020 $19 potential, this powerful, HHHH1/2 96pts Spinyback Nelson youthful wine was Certified organic, this Sauvignon Blanc hand-harvested and hand-picked wine was 2021 HHH 91pts fermented in large, matured in seasoned Grown on the Waimea mostly new French oak oak puncheons. Bright, Plains, this is a fresh, barrels. Bright, light light yellow/green, it is lively, medium-bodied lemon/green, it is a weighty, with generous, wine with tangy, bold, full-bodied style, ripe, tropical fruit herbaceous flavours with rich, ripe stone- flavours, a very subtle of melons and green fruit flavours, toasty, oak influence and finely capsicums, in a distinctly savoury, complex and balanced acidity. Worth cool-climate style with harmonious. Best cellaring. $30 good immediacy. $16 drinking 2023+. $45 84 W I N E S TAT E November/December 2021

recent releases Askerne Reserve PINOT GRIS Ruru Central Otago Passage Rock Hawke's Bay Pinot Gris 2021 Reserve Waiheke Chardonnay 2020 5 TASTED HHHH 94pts Island Viognier 2020 HHHH1/2 97pts Full of drink-young HHHH1/2 97pts This powerful, youthful 5 RECOMMENDED charm, this Alexandra Still a baby, this estate- wine was barrel- wine was hand- grown wine is sturdy, fermented (40% new harvested and with strong, peachy, oak). Weighty, it has rich, fermented in tanks and slightly spicy flavours, ripe stone-fruit flavours, a two year-old barrel. gently seasoned with well seasoned with nutty Bright, light lemon/ biscuity oak, excellent oak, in a concentrated, green, it is mouthfilling complexity, fresh acidity very age-worthy style and lively, with very and obvious potential. with a fragrant, complex good depth of peach, Best drinking 2023+. $50 bouquet. Best drinking pear and spice flavours, Dancing Petrel mid-2023+. $35 and an off-dry, smooth Paewhenua Island finish. $25 Mangonui Northland Mount Brown Walnut Block Church Road Invivo Marlborough Viognier 2020 Grand Reserve Nutcracker McDonald Series Pinot Gris 2021 HHHH 94pts North Canterbury Marlborough Hawke's Bay HHH1/2 92pts Hand-picked and cool- Chardonnay 2020 Chardonnay 2019 Pinot Gris 2020 Enjoyable young, this fermented in the Far HHHH1/2 97pts HHHH1/2 96pts HHHH1/2 96pts very easy-drinking wine North, this is a fleshy, Well worth cellaring, this Still unfolding, this This Alsace-style pinot has fresh pear and spice vibrant, sweet-fruited wine was fermented vigorous wine was gris was estate-grown aromas. Vibrantly fruity, wine, with strong, in second-fill barrels. hand-picked, and inland at Matapiro. it has good depth of peachy, slightly citrusy Bright, light yellow/ fermented and matured Pale straw, it is full- flavour, with hints of flavours, balanced acidity green, it is mouthfilling, for 16 months in oak bodied and fleshy, peaches and lychees, and a fresh, dry finish. with strong, vibrant puncheons (25% new). with generous pear, and a slightly sweet, $25 stone-fruit flavours, Bright, light yellow/ lychee and spice smooth finish. $19 finely integrated oak, green, it is fragrant, flavours, showing good Moutere Hills RIESLING very good ripeness with fresh acidity and complexity, a sliver Nelson Pinot Gris and complexity, and a concentrated, peachy, of sweetness, gentle 2020 HHH1/2 92pts 1 TASTED well-rounded finish. Best toasty, slightly creamy acidity and a softly Still very youthful, this 1 RECOMMENDED drinking 2023+. $29 flavours, showing very seductive finish. $25 medium-bodied wine Moutere Hills Sarau good complexity. Best Rock Ferry 3rd Rock was hand-picked at Ataahua Waipara Reserve Nelson drinking 2023+. Certified Marlborough Upper Moutere and Riesling 2020 Chardonnay 2019 organic. $35 (A, UK) Pinot Gris 2021 10% of the blend was HHHH1/2 96pts HHHH1/2 97pts Askerne Hawke's HHHH1/2 96pts barrel-fermented. Delicious young, this This powerful, youthful, Bay Chardonnay Fleshy and smooth, Light lemon/green, full-bodied, lively wine is single-vineyard wine 2020 HHHH 94pts this organically it is lemon-scented, rich, with a medium level was hand-harvested and Already very enjoyable, certified wine was with vigorous, citrusy, of sweetness. Bright, fermented in French oak this finely balanced grown in the Wairau peachy flavours and a light yellow/green, barriques. Pale gold, it is wine was fermented Valley and a small slightly sweet, crisp it has concentrated full-bodied and vigorous, and aged in oak barrels part of the blend was finish. Best drinking peach and passionfruit with concentrated, ripe, (20% new). Bright, fermented in seasoned mid-2022+. $25 flavours, fresh acidity citrus and stone-fruit light lemon/green, it oak puncheons. Pale and a vaguely honeyed flavours, showing good is mouthfilling and straw, it is weighty, VIOGNIER bouquet. $28 complexity, fresh acidity, vibrant, with generous, with generous, ripe, and obvious cellaring ripe, citrusy, peachy peachy, slightly spicy 3 TASTED SWEET potential. $65 flavours, showing good flavours, showing 3 RECOMMENDED WHITES Passage Rock complexity. $25 good complexity, Reserve Waiheke and a dryish, very Dancing Petrel 1 TASTED Island Chardonnay harmonious finish. $27 Reserve Paewhenua 1 RECOMMENDED 2019 HHHH1/2 96pts Island Mangonui Still unfolding, this hand- Northland Moutere Hills harvested wine was Viognier 2020 Nelson Moutere fermented in French oak HHHH1/2 97pts Ice 2021 (375ml) barrels, large and mostly Fleshy and complex, HHHHH 98pts new. Bright, light lemon/ this youthful Far North Likely to be long-lived, green, with an inviting, wine was hand-picked this lovely dessert wine freshly scented bouquet, and barrel-fermented. was made from estate- it is mouthfilling and Light lemon/green, with grown chenin blanc. sweet-fruited, with a fragrant, complex Light lemon/green, it strong, vibrant, stone- bouquet, it is weighty, is fresh, strong, sweet fruit flavours to the fore with concentrated, ripe and crisp, with a rich and lively acidity. Best stone-fruit flavours, surge of lemony, slightly drinking 2022+. $45 seasoned with biscuity appley flavours, showing oak, and a lingering excellent delicacy, finish. $30 vigour, intensity and poise. $29 November/December 2021 W I N E S TAT E 85

MICHAEL COOPER ROSÉ Rock Ferry Sileni Cellar PINOT NOIR Walnut Block Orchard Vineyard Selection Hawke's Nutcracker 9 TASTED Marlborough Bay Cabernet 18 TASTED Marlborough 9 RECOMMENDED Pinot Rosé 2021 Franc Rosé 2020 18 RECOMMENDED Pinot Noir 2019 HHHH1/2 96pts HHHH 94pts HHHHH 98pts Maude Central This refined rosé is Drinking well now, Chard Farm Viper Certified organic, this Otago Rosé 2021 a blend of pinot noir, this pale pink wine is Vineyard Central delicious red was hand- HHHHH 98pts pinot blanc and pinot mouthfilling, with strong, Otago Pinot Noir picked, matured for 20 Delicious from the start, gris, grown at Rapaura. peachy, strawberryish, 2019 HHHHH 98pts months in oak barriques this single-vineyard rosé Bright, light pink, it slightly spicy flavours, This very graceful red (20% new), and bottled was made from pinot is mouthfilling, with a touch of tannin and a was grown at Parkburn, unfined and unfiltered. noir, grown at Lowburn. strawberry, peach and fresh, basically dry finish. in the Cromwell Basin. Full-coloured, it is full- Bright pink, it is floral, spice flavours, showing $17 Ruby hued, it is fragrant, bodied and generous, with watermelon and good delicacy, fresh Graham Norton’s mouthfilling, savoury with deep, ripe, plum strawberry flavours, acidity and a finely Own New Zealand and supple, with and spice flavours, showing excellent balanced, dry finish. Rosé 2021 generous, ripe cherry, showing excellent delicacy, vibrancy and Certified organic. $25 HHH1/2 92pts plum and spice flavours, complexity, and supple intensity, and a dry Mount Brown This attractively seasoned with nutty tannins. Savoury and finish. $28 North Canterbury scented, smooth rosé oak, and excellent vigour harmonious, it’s a Awatere River Pinot Noir Rosé was blended from and complexity. Drink drink now or cellaring Spindrift Single 2021 HHHH 94pts merlot, malbec and now or cellar. $85 proposition. $45 (A, UK) Vineyard Rosé 2020 Priced sharply, this very chardonnay. Bright, light Koyama Williams’ Wild Earth Central HHHH1/2 96pts fresh and lively wine is pink, it offers very easy Vineyard North Otago Pinot Noir Pale pink, this smartly a blend of tempranillo, drinking, with lively, Canterbury 2020 HHHHH 98pts packaged, vigorous syrah and pinot noir. gentle watermelon and Pinot Noir 2018 This classy regional wine was made from Bright, light pink, it is strawberry flavours, a HHHHH 98pts blend was hand-picked pinot noir, grown in invitingly scented and touch of tannin and good This distinctive red and matured in French the Awatere Valley. finely balanced, with vigour. $19 was grown in a hillside oak casks (25% new). Medium-bodied, it is still gentle strawberry and Ruru Central Otago vineyard at Waipara, Full, bright ruby, it is vibrantly fruity, with very watermelon flavours, Rosé 2021 French oak-aged for 18 fragrant, mouthfilling good intensity of fresh, delicious young. $17 HHH1/2 92pts months, and bottled and supple, with delicate, strawberry and Passage Rock This pink/pale orange unfined and unfiltered. concentrated cherry, watermelon flavours, Waiheke Island Rosé wine was made from Bright ruby, with a plum, spice and herb appetising acidity and a 2021 HHHH 94pts pinot noir, hand-picked fragrant, savoury flavours, nutty, savoury dry, lingering finish. $34 ‘Best consumed within at Alexandra. Lively, bouquet, it has ripe notes adding complexity, 24 hours of purchase’, it has fresh, peachy, cherryish, spicy, nutty and a smooth, long this rosé was hand- spicy flavours, a hint of flavours, showing finish. Well worth picked in February and watermelon, and a crisp, excellent complexity. cellaring. $40 (A, UK, US) March, and bottled by dry finish. $24 Drinking well now, but April. Bright pink, it is Spinyback New age-worthy too, it’s a fresh and vivacious, Zealand Rosé 2020 very harmonious wine, with delicate, plummy, HHH 91pts with strong personality. berryish flavours, finely Bright, light pink, this (From Mountford.) $68 balanced acidity, a sliver fresh and lively rosé was Mountford Estate of sweetness and a blended from merlot The Rise North smooth finish. $25 and pinot noir, grown in Canterbury Hawke's Bay, Nelson Pinot Noir 2019 and Marlborough. HHHHH 98pts Medium-bodied, it has This distinguished, peach, watermelon and dense, powerful Waipara spice flavours, a sliver of red is likely to be long- sweetness and a smooth lived. Deeply coloured, it finish, in a very easy- is mouthfilling and very drinking style. $14 youthful, with highly concentrated cherry, plum and spice flavours, buried tannins, and a well-structured, savoury finish. $80 86 W I N E S TAT E November/December 2021

recent releases Ballasalla Central Mount Brown Two Degrees Chard Farm Ruru Central Otago Otago Pinot Noir Estates Grand Central Otago Eliza Vineyard Pinot Noir 2020 2020 Reserve North Pinot Noir 2020 Bannockburn HHH1/2 93pts HHHH1/2 96pts Canterbury HHHH1/2 96pts Central Otago Hand-harvested at Fragrant and full-bodied, Pinot Noir 2019 Delicious young, this Pinot Noir 2019 Alexandra, this vibrantly this single-vineyard red HHHH1/2 96pts deep ruby red was hand- HHHH 95pts fruity red was matured was grown at Bendigo This single-vineyard picked at Queensberry, Ruby hued, this is for 10 months in French and aged for 10 months red was harvested in the Cromwell Basin, a lighter style of oak (10-15% new). in French barriques. Deep from 20 year-old vines and matured in French Bannockburn red, Bright ruby, it is floral, ruby, it has generous, and matured for 16 oak barrels (30% new). medium to full-bodied. with very good depth ripe fruit flavours, gently months in French oak Fragrant, mouthfilling Still youthful, it has of ripe cherry, plum seasoned with oak, and barriques (22% new). and smooth, it has very good depth of ripe and spice flavours, supple tannins. A very Full-coloured, with a generous, plummy, spicy cherry, plum and spice showing some savoury harmonious wine, it’s fragrant, spicy bouquet, flavours, showing good flavours, with moderate complexity, and supple already drinking well. $32 it is full-bodied, sweet- complexity, and supple tannins and nutty, tannins. Enjoyable Chard Farm Mason fruited, savoury and tannins. Drink now or savoury notes adding young. $30 Vineyard Central supple, with strong, cellar. $40 (A) good complexity. Best Otago Pinot Noir vibrant, berryish, spicy Bannock Brae drinking mid-2022+. $85 MERLOT & 2019 HHHH1/2 96pts flavours, showing very Crawford’s Block Chard Farm The Tiger BLENDS Already very open good complexity. Best Central Otago Lowburn Central and expressive, this drinking 2023+. $29 (UK) Pinot Noir 2018 Otago Pinot Noir 4 TASTED Parkburn red is ruby Mountford Liaison HHHH 95pts 2019 HHHH 95pts 4 RECOMMENDED hued, full-bodied and North Canterbury This silky-textured Still very youthful, sweet-fruited, with Pinot Noir 2019 red was hand-picked this ruby-hued red is Church Road Grand strong cherry, plum, HHHH1/2 96pts at Bannockburn and medium-bodied and Reserve Hawke's spice and nutty oak Estate-grown at Waipara, aged for 18 months in supple, with a velvety Bay Merlot Cabernet flavours, savoury, supple this fine value red was French oak barriques texture and moderate Sauvignon 2019 and harmonious. Best hand-picked, matured (34% new). Ruby density of ripe cherry, HHHH1/2 96pts drinking mid-2022+. $85 in French oak casks, hued, it is fragrant and plum, spice and nut This dark, powerful Invivo Michelle’s and bottled unfined and sweet-fruited, with flavours, showing very wine is still extremely Central Otago unfiltered. Full, bright moderately rich flavours, good complexity and youthful. Robust, it Pinot Noir 2020 ruby, it is medium to seasoned with nutty harmony. $85 has deep, vibrant HHHH1/2 96pts full-bodied, with strong, oak and supple tannins. Invivo Central blackcurrant, plum and This fleshy, sweet- vibrant cherry, plum and Enjoyable young, it is a Otago Pinot Noir spice flavours, seasoned fruited red was grown spice flavours, gently strongly varietal, very 2019 HHHH 94pts with nutty oak and firm at Bannockburn and seasoned with nutty harmonious wine. $60 Drinking well now, but tannins beneath. Best matured for a year in oak, supple tannins, still youthful, this bright drinking 2024+. $45 French oak casks (50% and good richness and ruby red is fresh and new). Full, bright ruby, harmony. Best drinking full-bodied. Very finely it is ripely scented 2023+. $28 balanced, it has strong and mouthfilling, with Ruru Reserve cherry, plum and spice generous cherry, plum Central Otago flavours, with savoury and spice flavours, Pinot Noir 2020 notes adding complexity, supple, savoury and HHHH1/2 96pts and supple tannins. $29 smooth. $40 Already very Diggers Law Central approachable, this Otago Pinot Noir estate-grown, Alexandra 2019 HHH1/2 93pts red was matured for This easy-drinking red 10 months in French from Bannock Brae oak (20-25% new). was hand-picked and Full, bright ruby, it French oak-aged for 11 is mouthfilling, with months. Ruby hued, strong, plummy, it is mouthfilling, spicy, slightly earthy fresh and supple, with flavours, showing good depth of ripe good complexity, and cherry, plum and spice a smooth, persistent flavours, showing some finish. Best drinking complexity. $25 2023+. $40 November/December 2021 W I N E S TAT E 87

MICHAEL COOPER Obsidian Waiheke SYRAH Island Vitreous 2017 HHHH 95pts 9 TASTED This well-structured blend of merlot and 9 RECOMMENDED cabernet sauvignon was grown at Onetangi. Fullish in colour, with a fragrant, slightly spicy and herbal bouquet, it is medium to full-bodied, with very satisfying depth of berry, plum, spice, herb and nut flavours, showing some oak complexity, and good tannin backbone. $36 Church Road 1 CABERNET Mudbrick Vineyard Mudbrick Vineyard Church Road 1 Single Vineyard SAUVIGNON & Waiheke Island Waiheke Island Single Vineyard Redstone Merlot BLENDS Velvet 2020 Oscar Syrah Redstone Syrah 2019 HHHH1/2 96pts HHHHH 98pts HHHHH 98pts 2019 HHHHH 98pts This robust, powerful, 3 TASTED This powerful, sturdy, Set for a long life, this This lovely Hawke's weighty wine was 3 RECOMMENDED sweet-fruited red is fresh, deeply coloured Bay red was estate- estate-grown in the a blend of cabernet red was hand-picked grown in the Bridge Pa Redstone Vineyard, in Church Road 1 sauvignon (61%), and matured for eight Triangle and matured the Bridge Pa Triangle, Single Vineyard merlot (21%) and petit months in French in French oak barriques and matured in French Redstone Cabernet verdot (18%). Barrel- oak barriques (60% (28% new). Dark oak casks (41% new). Sauvignon 2019 aged for eight months new). Highly fragrant, and perfumed, it is Deeply coloured, it is HHHHH 98pts (54% new), it is dark savoury and structured, full-bodied, with lush a bold, very ripe style, This dark, powerful and robust, in a bold it is powerful and blackcurrant, plum, with concentrated berry, Hawke's Bay red was style with concentrated sturdy, with dense, spice and nut flavours, plum and spice flavours, estate-grown in the blackcurrant, plum and ripe flavours, a hint a hint of liquorice, and a hint of liquorice, nutty Bridge Pa Triangle and spice flavours, and ripe, of liquorice, and fine- a rich, smooth finish. A oak and supple tannins. matured in French oak supple tannins. Already grained tannins. Best very graceful wine, it’s It should be long-lived; casks (55% new). Set approachable, it should drinking 2024+. $120 already delicious. $120 open 2024+. $120 for a long life, it is robust be at its best for drinking Passage Rock Askerne Hawke's and concentrated, with 2025+. $160 Reserve Waiheke Bay Merlot Malbec an array of blackcurrant, Passage Rock Island Syrah 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon plum, herb, spice and Reserve Waiheke HHHHH 98pts 2019 HHHH1/2 96pts nut flavours, youthful and Island Cabernet This powerful red was Showing very good firmly structured. Best Sauvignon Merlot matured for 10 months depth and complexity, drinking 2025+. $120 2019 HHHHH 98pts in mostly new oak this merlot-based blend Still very youthful, this barriques. Dark and (67%) was matured densely coloured red sweet-fruited, it has in oak barrels (20% is fragrant, vibrant and highly concentrated, new). Full-coloured, it mouthfilling. It has plummy, spicy flavours, is mouthfilling, savoury highly concentrated a hint of liquorice, fresh and nutty, with deep, blackcurrant, red berry, acidity and a finely berryish, plummy, spicy herb and spice flavours, structured finish. Very flavours, finely balanced and a tightly structured youthful, dense and tannins and plenty finish. Best drinking vigorous, it’s well worth of personality. Best 2025+. $65 cellaring to 2025+. $75 drinking 2023+. $25 88 W I N E S TAT E November/December 2021

recent releases Passage Rock OTHER REDS Dancing Petrel Dancing Petrel Waiheke Island Paewhenua Island Paewhenua Island Syrah 2019 7 TASTED Mangonui Northland Mangonui Northland HHHH1/2 97pts Tannat 2020 Cabernet Franc 2020 This elegant, vigorous 7 RECOMMENDED HHHH1/2 97pts HHHH 94pts red was grown at four Full of youthful vigour, Grown in the Far North, sites, hand-picked, this Far North red was this full-coloured red and barrel-aged for hand-harvested and was matured in French a year. Full-coloured, matured in French oak oak casks (30% new). with a fragrant, ripe, casks (30% new). It Fresh and mouthfilling, spicy bouquet, it is has full, purple-flushed it is vibrantly fruity, mouthfilling, with colour. Medium to full- with youthful, berryish, concentrated plum and bodied, it is savoury, plummy, spicy flavours, spice flavours, fresh with strong, vibrant, oak-aging complexity and youthful. Well worth plummy, spicy flavours, and good tannin support. cellaring to 2023+. $35 showing very good Well worth cellaring. $30 complexity, and firm Passage Rock Church Road Grand Dancing Petrel Church Road 1 tannin backbone. Best Sisters 2019 Reserve Hawke's Paewhenua Island Single Vineyard drinking 2023+. $45 HHHH 94pts Bay Syrah 2019 Mangonui Northland Gimblett Gravels Passage Rock This very age-worthy HHHHH 98pts Syrah 2020 Malbec 2020 Magnus 2015 Waiheke Island red This powerful, very age- HHHH 95pts HHHHH 98pts HHHH1/2 97pts is a blend of syrah, worthy red was mostly This vigorous young red Still extremely youthful, This powerful cabernets, merlot and estate-grown in the was hand-picked in the this Hawke's Bay red Waiheke Island red is malbec, hand-picked and Redstone Vineyard, in the Far North and matured in was matured in French a rare blend of syrah, matured for a year in Bridge Pa Triangle. Deeply French oak casks (30% oak casks (41% new) cabernet sauvignon, oak barrels (25% new). coloured, with a highly new). Full-coloured, it and bottled unfined montepulciano, merlot Full-coloured, it is fresh fragrant, spicy bouquet, is mouthfilling, with and unfiltered. It has and malbec. Deeply and mouthfilling, with it is mouthfilling, sweet- strong, plummy, spicy bold, purple-flushed coloured, it is sturdy and generous, youthful, fruited, savoury and flavours, hints of colour and fragrant, savoury, with strong berryish, spicy flavours, supple, with deep plum liquorice and tamarillo, fresh, berry and spice blackcurrant, plum, showing considerable and black pepper flavours, oak complexity and aromas. Mouthfilling, it spice and nut flavours, complexity, and good oak complexity and a fresh acidity. Best is vibrantly fruity, with an earthy streak, good tannin backbone. $33 long, finely textured, spicy drinking 2023+. $30 layers of blackcurrant, complexity and a fairly finish. $45 Askerne Hawke's plum and spice flavours, firm finish. $98 Obsidian Estate Bay Syrah 2020 oak complexity and a Waiheke Island HHH1/2 93pts long life ahead. $120 Askerne Hawke's Syrah 2019 Enjoyable young, this Passage Rock Bay Cabernet Franc HHHH1/2 97pts medium-bodied, supple Magnus 2019 2020 HHHH 95pts This elegant, supple red was barrel-aged HHHHH 98pts Mouthfilling and supple, red is full-coloured, (25% new oak). Bright This outstanding this age-worthy red was with a fresh, peppery ruby, with a fresh, spicy red is a Waiheke barrel-aged (25% new fragrance. Delicious bouquet, it has very Island blend of syrah, oak). Full-coloured, it young, it is strongly good depth of berryish, cabernet sauvignon, is vibrantly fruity and varietal, with good spicy flavours, a touch montepulciano, merlot savoury, with strong, concentration of of complexity and a and malbec. Dark and ripe berry, plum and plummy, spicy, slightly smooth finish. $25 sturdy, it has fresh, spice flavours, oak nutty flavours, oak Ataahua Waipara dense blackcurrant, complexity and a well- complexity and a very Syrah 2020 plum and spice flavours, rounded finish. $25 harmonious finish. Best HHH1/2 93pts nutty and savoury notes drinking 2023+. $36 This distinctly cool- adding complexity, and climate syrah was grown a backbone of firm, ripe in North Canterbury and tannins. A memorable matured for 15 months wine, it should be long- in seasoned oak barrels. lived. $98 Ruby hued, it has good depth of fresh, berryish, slightly herbal and spicy flavours, a hint of tamarillo, savoury notes adding complexity and a smooth finish. Enjoyable young. $32 November/December 2021 W I N E S TAT E 89

HOW WE JUDGE WINESTATE MAGAZINE TASTING CRITERIA OUR STAR RATING SYSTEM Our tastings and published ratings are designed with one thing in mind: to provide a useful and genuine balanced guide on wines to our readers. In order to achieve this we follow certain procedures in an activity that is notoriously difficult! There are regular criticisms of wine shows and various scoring systems; here is how we approach our tastings. A wide selection of wines unpleasant flavours. These final ‘medals’ to advertise if they wish, their awarded are then converted into a star rating wine’s review will be featured regardless Wines are invited from any producer, system for publication in Winestate. A of advertising. The judges’ decisions are provided that they meet the criteria gold means 5 stars or 4½ stars, silver is final and these are published according of the class being judged. The class 4, and bronze is 3 or 3½ stars. to the judges’ scores, whether advertising may be a regional, style or new release is taken or not. tasting and generally the wines must be The biggest judging system available for consumers to purchase, The judges although we have museum and rare Winestate examines on average more wine tastings as well. Australasian wines per year than We take care in selecting our judges. any other forum - more than 10,000. But remember: judges are human and Awarding scores Compare this to the biggest show in their own preference will influence Australia, the royal Melbourne wine their scores. We use judges with Winestate carries out the judging show, with just over 4000 entries. complementary backgrounds and a using Australian capital city wine show three-person panel for each flight will procedures; the wines are not known Independence of advertising include winemakers with technical to the judges. The three expert judges expertise and often a marketing/retail taste the wines blind and assign a score Winestate does charge a nominal expert who knows consumer tastes. without reference to each other. Once entrance fee for wines submitted which Often one or more of the judges are this is done, only then do they compare covers our administration costs only, and Masters of Wine with vast international scores, and if there is dissension they will often purchase ‘yardstick’ wines to be experience, and most judges have re-taste the wines and come to an evaluated where we believe that these experience at major Australian wine agreement. Scores are compiled using are of consumer or trade interest if these shows. We are also aware of expertise. the 20-point international system: gold have not been entered by the wineries. If we are judging a region, for example, is 18 and above; silver is 17 and above In order to produce the biggest and we will have a winemaker judge from and is an excellent wine; bronze is best wine magazine, Winestate includes that region because that person knows 15.5 and above and represents good advertising; however, this is fiercely the local style. We balance that with wine. A reasonable, sound everyday- independent of any wine tasting editorial a judge from outside the region and drinking wine scores 15 (but does not and we do not sell wines we judge. generally someone with broad and gain a medal). A bland but clean wine Wine companies are advised of the mature experience. scores 14. Below this score there are blind tasting results and it is their choice HOW WE COMPARE Winestate Rating Comment Wine show Medal International 20 100 Point System Point System HHHHH Outstanding Gold 18.5 - 20 98 - 100 HHHH1/2 Excellent Gold 96 - 97 Very Good Silver 18 - 18.4 94 - 95 HHHH High Bronze 92 - 93 HHH1/2 Good/Very Good Bronze 17 - 17.9 90 - 91 Good HHH 16.5 - 16.9 15.5 - 16.4 Wine judging is an inexact art, not a science - even at the highest levels of proficiency. Accordingly, Winestate judges using the star rating system which reflects a range, rather than a specific point score. However, in the interests of the trade and our readers, we have also added points scores that reflect a comparative result. 90 W I N E S TAT E November/December 2021

insiderthe wine & spiritAUSTRALIAN & NEW ZEALAND November/December 2021 Issue 175 COMPLIMENTARY COPY THE WINE & SPIRIT INSIDER IS A PROMOTIONAL GUIDE FROM THE LIQUOR TRADE TO THE CONSUMER. Winestate Publishing ABN 56 088 226 411 In this issue... New Releases & Best Value Buys Under $20

224 TASTED 143 AWARDED NEW RELEASES Always a pleasure! Each issue New Releases delivers a range Corryton Burge Kith of great, good and not so good wines for us to evaluate and Eden Valley Riesling recommend. Whilst scores are a good guide for wines for you to 2021 HHH 91pts try what is more important is to read between the lines and look Subtle refined citrus at the reviews/comments. But first work out what style you like; aromas and prickly big bodied, sweet fruit, savoury, austere, oakey, elegant, youthful/ sherbet-like flavours. $28 aged or wines with other descriptions. Then you can check out Barossa Boy Cheeky the reviews with a clearer focus on what you might like and Tilly Eden Valley want to try. Riesling 2021 HHH 91pts Quite tight and peppery with nice drive of lime juice-like fruit characters. $30 SPARKLING Ekhidna SEA Paulett Wines PINOT GRIS/ Corryton Burge Kith Prosecco NV Missy Clare Valley GRIGIO Adelaide Hills 4 TASTED HHH 91pts Riesling 2021 Pinot Gris 2021 3 AWARDED Nice honeyed/yeasty HHH1/2 93pts 9 TASTED HHHH 95pts complexity with a A very well made 6 AWARDED Pretty floral fragrances Mixed results here with savoury edge and crisp sweeter/off dry style with with a perfumed lift and some fresh proseccos apple characters. $20 punchy fruit in the greener Consistent, easy sweet light floral and and a quality sparkling fruit spectrum. $25 drinking, crowd pleasing lychees flavours with a shiraz. RIESLING Seville Estate Off group of wines. “The bright finish. $28 Dry Yarra Valley stronger wines had Quarisa Wines Jip Jip Rocks South 8 TASTED Riesling 2019 flavour without being Three Jailbirds SEA Australia Sparkling 6 AWARDED HHH1/2 93pts cloying; vibrant and fresh Pinot Grigio 2021 Shiraz NV Nice toasty notes to without being acidic,” HHH1/2 93pts HHHH 95pts A solid class of fresh, the slightly tropical commented one judge. Fresh pears on the nose Cherries and chocolate vibrant varietal wines nose with vibrant lime/ Wines for drinking not with floral traces. Palate lift off the nose with with varying degrees of lemon flavours and good thinking! a touch sweet but has a complex chocolaty sweetness. acidity. $36 the acid to balance it. palate, minty elements, McGuigan Cellar $11 fine tannins and a crisp Cassegrain Wines Select Hilltops finish. $25 Edition Noir Riesling 2021 Canberra Riesling HHH 91pts Artwine Prosecco 2021 HHHH 95pts Musky hint to the nose Bianca Adelaide Bright floral citrus with a very savoury, Hills Prosecco 2021 bouquet and very long, lean and balanced HHH1/2 92pts tight zesty palate with palate. $25 Fresh, simple and obvious orange peel/ refreshing with a lifted lime flavours. $32 persistent bead, estery fruit fragrances and zesty fruit palate. $25 JUDGES - DAY 1 Peter Kennedy Natalie Cleghorn Winemaker for Ekhidna Winemaker with the Alex Mackenzie Wines. Formerly Yalumba Wine Co since Winemaker for Treasury with Foggo Wines 1998. Associate judge Wine Estates. Previously and Brothers in Arms at the Barossa Wine a winemaker for Annie’s wineries; following ten Show, Stanthorpe Small Lane, Tintara. Has vintaged years in liquor retail. Winemakers and Adelaide in Germany, Piedmont and Has vintaged in St. wine show. Chianti (Italy) and Hermitage Emilion and judged in (France). Has judged at Perth and regional wine the Adelaide Hills/Barossa, shows. Victorian wine show and as an associate at the Clare Valley wine show. 92 The Wine & Spirit INSIDER

wine & spirit insider tasting Quarisa Wines St Johns Brook Bec Hardy Wines Sidewood Adelaide Atze's Corner Caravan SEA Recolte Margaret South Australia Hills Pinot Blanc Barossa Valley Pinot Grigio 2021 River Sauvignon Sauvignon Blanc 2020 Vermentino 2021 HHH 91pts Blanc Semillon 2021 2021 HHH 91pts HHHH1/2 96pts HHH1/2 93pts Nose is floral and HHHH 95pts Pungent nose; smells Attractive toasty lemon Estery fruit salad of tropical with a herbal Subtle nettle notes to and tastes of tinned bouquet and great a nose with quite a touch and tight green the grassy/citrus nose asparagus. Very varietal. persistence and balance delicate palate and crisp apple palate. $15 with lingering sauvignon $17 of a sherbet/rose petal-like green lime flavours. $25 flavours and semillon flavour profile showing Cassegrain Wines FAT'n SKINNY by adding weight. $23.99 Jip Jip Rocks attractive underlying White Label Central H&L Langhorne Sidewood Mappinga Padthaway minerality. $24 Ranges Rylestone Creek Pinot Grigio Adelaide Hills Fumé Sauvignon Blanc Artwine Madame Hunter Valley 2021 HHH 90pts Blanc 2020 2021 HHH 91pts V Single Vineyard Verdelho 2021 Very savoury and herbal HHHH 94pts Minty green nose with Clare Valley Viognier HHH1/2 93pts nose with zesty lemon Great depth of smoky hints of nettles and 2021 HHHH 95pts Lifted tropical fruit flavours and a floral toasty aromatics with a tropical fruit-driven Lovely varietal nose – aromas with the fruit edge. $20 toasty oak obvious on palate. $23 all apricots and orange salad palate nicely the tropical fruit palate blossom. Soft in the supported by the zesty Sidewood Adelaide with acid to balance. $35 Gooree Park mouth with generous acidity. $27.95 Hills Pinot Gris 2021 Quarisa Wines Mudgee Sauvignon apricot flavours. $25 Singlefile Great HHH 90pts Three Jailbirds SEA Blanc 2021 Tempus Two Copper Southern Fiano 2021 Delicate spicy ginger-like Sauvignon Blanc HHH 91pts Hunter Valley HHH1/2 92pts fragrances and mouth 2021 HHH1/2 93pts Green melon Semillon Sauvignon Seamlessly balanced filling spicy ginger Restrained tropical fragrances with a Blanc 2021 drink-now-style. Vibrant flavours. $22 nose and lovely, sweet tropical note and subtle HHHH 95pts floral/zesty lemon fruit tropical palate. “Very tropical flavours. $24 An elegant and light nectarine Windowrie Wine Co. enjoyable consumer mouthwatering blend notes. $29 Pig In The House wine.” $11 Swings & with intense drive of Glandore Wines Organic Cowra Sidewood Adelaide Roundabouts SBS lemon and passionfruit Regional Series Pinot Gris 2021 Hills Sauvignon Margaret River characters and racy Hunter Valley HHH 90pts Blanc 2021 Sauvignon Blanc acidity. $30 Vermentino 2021 Slight toastiness on the HHH1/2 93pts Semillon 2021 Artwine Wicked HHH1/2 92pts citrus nose with floral Very tight crisp style HHH 91pts Stepmother Single Delicate pear aromatics passionfruit flavours. $25 with aromatic citrus/ Zesty lemon sherbet Vineyard Clare with a savoury edge. Soft passionfruit characters bouquet with lovely Valley Fiano 2021 and subtle palate tasting SAUVIGNON and strong acid spine. $22 nettle/passionfruit HHHH 95pts of fresh pears. $30 BLANC & Forester Estate palate. $24 An interesting riper and NOVA VITA Project BLENDS Lifestyle Margaret full flavoured fiano with K - The GTR Adelaide River Sauvignon Bec Hardy Wines attractive honeysuckle/ Hills White Blend 14 TASTED Blanc 2021 Pertaringa orange blossom varietal 2021 HHH1/2 92pts 11 AWARDED HHH1/2 93pts Scarecrow Adelaide characters. $35 Full, rounded and subtly Pungent but restrained Sauvignon Blanc Zerella Wines La textured wine with The judges said that lifted aromas and a 2021 HHH 90pts Gita McLaren Vale glimpses of musk, roses, there were some real bright tight nettle/ A shy but pretty style Arneis 2018 pears and ginger. $40 fruit bombs here, some gooseberry flavour with subtle sherbet/citrus HHHH 94pts RedHeads Blue others less so, but all profile. $25 fruit characters. $25 Developed toasty wine Belle Barossa Valley had flavour across the with obvious bottle Semillon 2021 board. “But watch the OTHER WHITE age and good length HHH 91pts acid levels,” one judge VARIETALS & of orange peel-like fruit Good grassy/peapod advised winemakers. BLENDS characters. $30 varietal definition with “As a varietal you know Swings & some nutty smoky what you are getting,” 29 TASTED Roundabouts complexity. $25 said another. 16 AWARDED Margaret River Ekhidna She Viper Chenin Blanc 2021 Adelaide Hills Fiano Quarisa Wines A very mixed group HHH1/2 93pts 2021 HHH 91pts Caravan SEA of wines with mixed Light, fresh and youthful A leaner style of fiano Sauvignon Blanc results. “However, it wine with light herbal with a greener fruit 2021 was a very interesting notes to the tropical fruit profile and subtle floral HHHH1/2 96pts flight of alternative aromas and flavours. $22 nuances. $29.50 A very well-made fruit varietals that were true Amadio Wines Tempus Two Copper bomb of a wine. Pretty to their variety,” said one Horse & Cart Series Hunter Valley lifted florals on the judge. “Well played!” Adelaide Hills Vermentino 2021 nose – lively and rich in Many of these would Pecorino 2021 HHH 91pts the mouth with a lovely be great with food. HHH1/2 93pts Delicate floral fruit long, bright and clean “Oysters anyone?!” Subtle herbaceous fragrances with a after taste. $15 pungency on the nose generously flavoured with a delicate prickly lively palate. $30 sherbet-like palate. $25 The Wine & Spirit INSIDER 93

NEW RELEASES Artwine Ti Amo Gooree Park St Johns Brook Swings & GRENACHE Single Vineyard Mudgee Chardonnay Single Vineyard Roundabouts Adelaide Hills Arneis 2021 HHH1/2 93pts Margaret River Backyard Stories 6 TASTED 2021 HHH 91pts Aromas of melons and Chardonnay 2020 Margaret River 4 AWARDED A long and very textured peaches and a fine and HHH 90pts Rosé 2021 wine with lifted spicy delicate palate with Subtle flinty nose; some HHHH1/2 96pts Some nice juicy fruit aromas and light pear flavours in the green tropicals with a simple Blush pink wine with examples both within flavours. $35 spectrum. $24 but attractive varietal a subtle perfumed the varietals and the Yarrawood Yarra palate. $33.99 influence to the blends. “These are CHARDONNAY Valley Chardonnay strawberry and cream ‘slurpable’ but not 2020 HHH1/2 93pts Gralyn Estate nose with fresh constrained styles.” 18 TASTED Lifted lemon fruit Reserve Margaret strawberry fruit flavours. 10 AWARDED fragrances, a hint of River Chardonnay “Yum!” was one Schwarz Wine vanilla and bright fresh 2018 HHH 90pts comment. $34 Company Meta A very mixed result! and zesty varietal fruit A tight flinty wine Bec Hardy Wines Barossa Valley “The better wines flavours. $18 – pungent and very Adelaide Rosé 2021 Grenache 2021 here showed flavour, Seville Estate tropical with a nice HHH1/2 92pts HHHH1/2 97pts balanced acidity and Reserve Yarra Valley tannic grip. $90 Pretty tangerine colour Bright and juicy rhubarb appropriate use of oak,” Chardonnay 2020 with lovely lifted candied aromas. Light and soft said one judge. “If you HHH1/2 93pts ROSÉ apple-like aromas and in the mouth with a are going to release an Tight fresh chardonnay flavours. $17 flavoursome complexity early vintage chardonnay in the riper fruit 8 TASTED Jip Jip Rocks of stewed berries with then let the fruit shine,” spectrum, nice leesy 6 AWARDED Fleurieu Peninsula savoury elements. $38 advised another judge. notes and minerally Cabernet Rosé 2021 “Mixed oak and malo acidity. $80 A strong and consistent HHH 91pts Z Wine [AUGUST] ferments have created 919 Wines Ella class of well-made Light, lifted and fresh Barossa Valley some unbalanced wines Semmler’s wines. “Winemakers are red fruit aromas with Grenache 2021 here.” Orchard Riverland adding savoury notes a tight savoury fruit HHH1/2 93pts Chardonnay 2021 to the wines making palate. $25 Very young and very RedHeads Harmonie HHH 91pts them refreshing and Paulmara Estates approachable with Rox Coonawarra Toasty nutty lemon curd- enjoyable rather than Barossa Sangiovese intense aromas and Chardonnay 2021 like elements with hints sickly sweet,” noted one Rosé 2021 flavours of berries and HHHH 95pts of pineapple. $22 judge. “Some nice fruit HHH 90pts plums. $35 A very pretty tropical Koonara Cape Banks vibrancy is also a feature A toffee apple-like nose fruit bouquet and ripe Mount Gambier here.” with sweet and crunchy Z Wine [ROHRLACH] fruit driven palate with Chardonnay 2021 red fruit flavours. $25 Survivor Vine a good line of acid and HHH 91pts Swings & Ekhidna She Viper Barossa Valley soft on the finish. $25 Buttery toasty aromas Roundabouts McLaren Vale Grenache 2020 with a nicely structured Margaret River Shiraz Rosé 2021 HHH1/2 93pts Bec Hardy Wines palate and complex Rosé 2021 HHH 90pts Bright peppery plum Pertaringa Lakeside flavours. $25 HHHH1/2 96pts Nice lift of raspberry bouquet and flavours South Australia RedHeads Blue A subtleness of sweet and plum fruit varietal of spices, pepper and Chardonnay 2020 Belle Adelaide Hills strawberry fragrances characters with crisp cherries with a savoury HHHH 95pts Chardonnay 2021 and a bright and acidity. $29.50 thread. $120 Complex earthy smoky HHH 91pts complex dry/savoury characters on the green Attractive melon and style palate with leesy Bec Hardy Wines apple/peach nose with peach varietal fruit, notes. Good balance Pertaringa Two a palate driven by lovely pretty oak and bacon between the fruit and Gentlemen's fresh fruit. $17 notes. $25 acid. $24 McLaren Vale Grenache 2020 HHH 91pts A spice rack of a nose with lovely vibrant fruit driven flavours. $25 JUDGES - DAY 2 Peter Kennedy Adam Clay Winemaker for Ekhidna Winemaker for Pirathon Brock Harrison Wines. Formerly Wines. Previously winemaker Sparkling and full-bodied with Foggo Wines for Penfolds, Lindemans white winemaker for and Brothers in Arms and Taylors. Has completed Pernod Ricard Wines. wineries; following ten vintages at Marchesi de Has been a judge at years in liquor retail. Frescobaldi in Chianti and the Royal Adelaide Has vintaged in St. Pellegrin in California. Judge at and associate judge at Emilion and judged in the Alternative Varieties show the Royal Melbourne, Perth and regional wine Cairns, Queensland Wine Canberra International shows. Awards and Clare Valley wine Riesling Challenge and show. Barossa and Adelaide Hills wine shows. 94 The Wine & Spirit INSIDER

wine & spirit insider tasting GRENACHE Watkins Symmetry Nanny Goat Vineyard OTHER RED Craft vs Science BLENDS Langhorne Creek Queensberry VARIETALS & Boutique Wines G.S.M. 2020 Central Otago BLENDS Barossa Valley 12 TASTED HHH 91pts Pinot Noir 2020 Touriga Nacional 8 AWARDED Blueberry bouquet, HHHH1/2 97pts 29 TASTED 2020 HHHH 94pts Zerella Wines bright plum palate and A complex and 19 AWARDED Intense floral/violet Packing Shed some fine tannins on the very more-ish pinot blueberry bouquet with McLaren Vale finish. $20 with great varietal More consistent results an explosion of floral Grenache Mataro persistence. Has and higher scores here plum flavours carried by Shiraz 2020 Schwarz Wine brooding forest floor than in the Other White firm tannins. $50 HHHH1/2 97pts Company The fragrances and dark fruit Varietals. “The best here Tenafeate Creek The nose is a pretty Grower Barossa flavours with cedary oak were medium bodied One Tree Hill compote of black fruits, Valley G.S.M. 2020 and nice acid line. $62 wines great for current Montepulciano 2019 spices and pepper with HHH 90pts Catalina Sounds drinking enjoyment,” HHHH 94pts a “Yummy, slurpable,” A peppery lift to the red Marlborough said one judge. “Bright Earthy plum aromas blackberry jam of a fruit nose and meaty/ Pinot Noir 2020 and fresh is best which with some sweetness. palate showing a fine plum and blackberry HHH1/2 93pts many of these wines Excellent depth of tannin structure. $30 flavours. $30 Leathery notes to the showed.” youthful dark fruit cherry nose. Quite a flavours. Still plenty of Z Wine [ROMAN] Tenafeate Creek tight and savoury palate Zerella Wines La potential. $30 Barossa Valley One Tree Hill G.S.M. with cherry flavours. $32 Gita McLaren Vale Glandore Wines G.S.M. 2021 2020 HHH 90pts Seville Estate Yarra Nero D'Avola 2020 Black Label TPR HHHH 94pts A savoury meaty Valley Pinot Noir HHHHH 98pts Hunter Valley Dark crimson wine complexity mingling 2020 HHH1/2 93pts Lovely lifted and vibrant Tempranillo 2017 with dense purple with the bright red fruits A brambly bouquet floral berry/licorice fruit HHHH 94pts fruit aromas and fresh and grippy tannins. $30 and fresh cherry driven on the nose. Rounded An oak dominant style youthful spicy fruit palate with good oak savoury and youthful with raisined fruit flavours with a zippy acid Craft vs Science use and persistent palate with tannins characters and a firm finish. $40 Boutique Wines tannins. $50 adding texture and tannin backbone. Ageing Watkins Bright Barossa Valley Sorby Adams Gudilly interest and acid adding gracefully. $49 Red Langhorne Grenache Shiraz Adelaide Pinot Noir length. $35 Quarisa Wines Q Creek Grenache Touriga 2020 2021 HHH 91pts SEA Malbec 2021 Sangiovese 2021 HHH 90pts A very pretty lightweight Tempus Two HHH1/2 93pts HHH 91pts Lifted spirituous red wine with rhubarb Copper Tumbarumba Deep purple wine, Meaty aromas with cherry fruit with a slight and plum-like varietal Gamay 2021 blackcurrant fruit pastille a green capsicum- green edge and peppery characters. $20 HHHH1/2 96pts nose and spicy dark fruit like edge and quite a notes. $50 Nanny Goat A straightforward, easy flavours layered with savoury palate. $20 Vineyard Central drinking cool climate oak. $15 Sidney Wilcox Otago Pinot Noir wine with lovely delicate Mount Avoca Estate South Australia 2020 HHH 90pts red berry fruit, savoury Organic Pyrenees Grenache Shiraz Attractive raspberry complexity, drying Tempranillo 2021 2018 HHH 90pts nose and tight palate tannins and salivating HHH1/2 93pts Plum, pepper and meaty with slightly stalky acidity. $30 Fragrant violet lift to the aromas with a rhubarb raspberry flavours. $43 blueberry bouquet. Silky palate showing savoury Schwarz Wine smooth in the mouth traces. $25 Company Meta with licorice flavours. $28 Barossa Valley PINOT NOIR Mataro 2021 HHHH1/2 96pts 6 TASTED Smells quite gamey with 5 AWARDED grilled meat elements and some lifted floral A small solid group fruit notes. A charcuterie of drinkable pinots. of a palate; very varietal - “Great to see very little very drinkable. $38 winemaker intervention here but instead just Swings & letting the fruit shine Roundabouts Novus through,” enthused one Margaret River judge. Malbec 2021 HHHH 94pts A bright, modern, drink now vibrant purple wine with fragrant aromatics and minty fruit flavours. $24 The Wine & Spirit INSIDER 95

NEW RELEASES Watkins Ruscello Zerella Wines La Z Wine [FRANZ] Koonara Ambriel's Swings & Langhorne Creek Gita McLaren Vale Barossa Valley Gift Coonawarra Roundabouts Sangiovese 2020 Barbera 2019 Cabernet Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon Backyard Stories HHH1/2 92pts HHH 90pts 2019 HHHHH 98pts 2019 HHH1/2 92pts Margaret River Savoury and herbal A dark rich and complex A warmer, complex and Blackcurrant and cedar Cabernet Sauvignon on the nose with an meaty/savoury style generous wine. Lovely oak lift off the nose with 2019 HHH 90pts earthy/savoury palate with lovely fresh line of deep crimson in colour bright spirituous cassis A toasty/cedary showing hints of plum acid. $35 and rich with sweet fruit flavours. $44 complexity on the nose fruit. $20 plum/cassis fruit, shows Sorby Adams with varietal fruit more Quarisa Wines Mrs Allegiance Wines good use of cedar-like The Couch Barossa obvious on the palate. $55 Q Adelaide Hills The Artisan oak and a lingering Cabernet Sauvignon Sangiovese 2019 South Australia finish. $60 2019 HHH1/2 92pts Seville Estate Old HHH1/2 92pts Tempranillo 2019 Yarrawood Tall Dark, complex, oak Vine Reserve Yarra Dense black fruit HHH 90pts Tales Yarra Valley driven, wine with Valley Cabernet fragrances and thick Perfumed herbal fruit Cabernet Sauvignon underlying briary/cassis Sauvignon 2019 concentration of oak and fragrances with delicate 2019 HHHH 95pts fruit and long prickly HHH 90pts fruit on a syrupy textured red fruit flavours and Lively, vibrant expression tannins. $55 Light and fruity with fresh palate. $18 savoury traces. $40 of the variety. Zesty Moppity Vineyards herbaceous cabernet NOVA VITA minty aromas and Estate Hilltops characters. Plenty of acid Project K - The MPN Brangayne Of slightly green, briary fruit Cabernet Sauvignon for ageing. $80 Adelaide Hills Orange Orange with fine tannins. $30 2018 HHH1/2 92pts Red Blend 2021 Merlot 2019 Forester Estate Tight but complex and in SHIRAZ & HHH 91pts HHH 90pts Lifestyle Margaret the riper fruit spectrum BLENDS Attractive cassis Uncomplicated, well- River Cabernet with cedary oak and firm 2021/2020 bouquet with mouth- made varietal with Sauvignon 2020 grippy tannins. $35 coating blue fruit/cherry sweet berry fruits, HHH1/2 93pts McPherson Wines 15 TASTED flavours. Drink now! $40 vanilla oak and soft A cabernet in the cooler, Full Fifteen Big Red 10 AWARDED Paulmara Estates tannins. $40 green fruit, spectrum SEA Cabernet 2020 Cellar Reserve with loads of green HHH 91pts Consistent solid group of Barossa Sangiovese 919 Wines Reserve bean/herbaceous varietal Oak drives this wine fresh and vibrant wines 2020 HHH 91pts Riverland Durif 2018 characters. $25 but there is still nice in the modern fruit Distinctive olive HHH 90pts Brand & Sons blackcurrant varietal fruit driven styles. Generally, tapenade-like characters A hugely generous, Baker's Run evident. $18 these wines have been on the nose with sweet warm and very inviting Coonawarra Watkins Langhorne made for early drinking ripe fruit flavours. $40 wine rich with ripe black Cabernet Sauvignon Creek Cabernet not for cellaring. Allegiance Wines fruit. $45 2019 HHH1/2 93pts Sauvignon 2020 The Fighter A super tasty supple mix HHH 91pts Paulmara Estates South Australia CABERNET of sweet mocha oak and A drink now cabernet Marananga Barossa Tempranillo 2019 SAUVIGNON & lovely blackcurrant fruit with bright cassis fruit Shiraz 2020 HHH 90pts BLENDS with grippy tannins. $26 with some complexity HHHH 95pts Quite a savoury style developing. $20 Deep inky purple wine with some nice mature 21 TASTED RedHeads The with an explosion of complexity. Drinking well 13 AWARDED Red Sedan South fresh black fruits laced now. $25 Australia Cabernet with spices and showing Bec Hardy Wines A solid group of Sauvignon Shiraz a meaty edge. $30 Pertaringa Stage varietally expressive 2019 HHH 90pts Left Adelaide Merlot wines. “The wines Straightforward black NOVA VITA Project 2019 HHH 90pts ranged from medium fruit and cedar oak wine K - The SPN Adelaide Menthol dominated bodied easy drinking with generous alcohol Hills Shiraz Pinot chocolaty aromas fruit driven styles to warmth. $20 2021 HHH1/2 93pts and a soft, juicy and the more complex Windowrie Wine Co. Lovely wine – simple, flavoursome palate. $25 structured versions,” Pig In The House fresh and silky smooth said one judge. “Great Organic Cowra with vibrant plum/cherry to see that there were Cabernet Sauvignon fruit and fine tannins. $40 very few that were 2019 HHH 90pts overripe and overdone.” A classic – a touch Jip Jip Rocks light with lifted minty Padthaway Shiraz fruit and lovely palate Cabernet Sauvignon structure. $25 2020 HHH1/2 93pts Brambly/tobacco leaf nose with the cabernet fruit obvious on the firm, long and well-structured palate. $23 96 The Wine & Spirit INSIDER

wine & spirit insider tasting Mount Avoca Estate Schwarz Wine Manser One Mad Zerella Wines McPherson Wines Organic Pyrenees Company Meta Moment McLaren Workhorse McLaren MWC Victoria Shiraz Shiraz 2020 Barossa Valley Vale Shiraz Vale Shiraz 2019 Mourvedre 2019 HHH1/2 93pts Shiraz 2020 Grenache 2019 HHH1/2 93pts HHH 91pts Bright tarry varietal fruit HHH 90pts HHHH 95pts Plums and chocolate on Soft and silky style with with savoury/meaty A nice juicy fruit shiraz Ripe aromas of prunes the nose and a sweet attractive meaty plum complexity, some with musky nuances, and spices with generous dark fruit palate with characters and fine spiciness and mouth savoury hints and fine mouth filling savoury firm oak and grippy tannins. $19 coating tannins. $28 oak. $38 plum flavours and spicy tannins. $30 Bec Hardy Wines Windowrie Wine Co. complexity. $35 Z Wine [PLOWMAN] Barbara Hardy The Mill Central Schwarz Wine Dry Grown Barossa McLaren Vale Shiraz Ranges Shiraz 2021 Company Nitschke Z Wine [HEDLEY] Valley Shiraz 2019 2019 HHH 91pts HHH 91pts Block Barossa Valley Barossa Valley HHH1/2 93pts Dark lifted stewed plum Raspberry jelly-like Shiraz 2020 Shiraz 2019 A complexity of lifted fruit with savoury/meaty bouquet with juicy and HHH 90pts HHHH 95pts stewed black fruit and elements and a warm spicy red fruit flavours. A solid, warm and friendly Warm, ripe chocolaty roasted nuts with meaty spicy finish. $20 Drink now. $20 shiraz that is all fruit cake shiraz with spicy rhubarb elements. More cellaring Paisley Mixed By DJ Watkins Langhorne and licorice. $50 bouquet and great potential. $120 Deadly Boombox Creek Shiraz 2020 persistence of dense Barossa Shiraz 2019 HHH 91pts SHIRAZ & dark fruit flavours. $35 Sutherland Wine HHH 90pts Fresh peppery plum nose BLENDS Thomas Legacy Heathcote Shiraz “A warm and fuzzy and sweet plum flavours 2019 Waiheke Island 2019 HHH 91pts shiraz,” with raisined with a dash of pepper. Syrah 2019 Pronounced musky fruit, caramel oak and Drink now. $20 27 TASTED HHHH 94pts cassis fruit with firm fine tannins. $25 Windowrie Wine Co. 13 AWARDED An attractive cool grainy tannins carrying Morambro Creek Pig In The House climate style with a the fruit. $NA Padthaway Shiraz Organic Cowra The judges were stylish peppery red fruit 2019 HHH 90pts Shiraz 2020 generally disappointed bouquet and a different Minty cool fruit HHH 91pts with this group. “Too flavour profile. $70 fragrances and nice line Pretty blueberry many forward, maturing of juicy sweet plum/ fragrances and some wines covering over ripe vanilla oak flavours. $35 musky characters on the fruit with oak making Bec Hardy Wines smooth palate. $25 the wine disjointed,” Pertaringa Over the Schwarz Wine noted one judge. The Top McLaren Vale Company The 2019 vintage was a dry, Shiraz 2019 Grower Barossa hot one, but the better HHH 90pts Valley Shiraz 2020 producers still managed A balanced complexity HHH 90pts to make some fresh and of blackcurrant fruit, A Joven style with a vibrant fruit wines as savoury notes, oak and lovely mix of fragrant shown here. age. $40 blue fruits, olives and Coppabella Procella meaty elements. $30 Hilltops Shiraz 2019 HHH 90pts Subtle red berry fruit with some licorice and balancing acid and tannins. $45 COANIOLA WINES The W ine & Spirit29I/N07S/20I2D1 E1R0:03:23 AM97 YAA VALLEY Corniola Wines is nestled in the heart of the famous Yarra Valley wine region in Victoria. Experience the smaller, family owned and operated winery and Cellar Door. We are pleased to offer you our current range of wines made from hand-picked Estate grown fruit and from selected vineyards, with the focus being to create affordable wines of premium high quality. 100 Wills Rd, Dixons Creek VIC 3775, Australia Phone: 03 5965 2393 Opening Hours: 10:30am – 5:00pm, Monday - Sunday www.corniolawines.com.au AD_Corniola Wines_QPH_SO21.indd 1

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