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wine & spirit insider tastingYarran Riverina Oakover Wines d'Arenberg The McGuigan Personal Anderson Hill FourSauvignon Blanc Clockwork Western Hermit Crab Reserve Hunter Pears Lenswood2018 HHH Australia Semillon McLaren Vale Valley Chardonnay ChardonnayA light and lifted style Sauvignon Blanc Viognier Marsanne 2017 HHHHH 2017 HHHwith spicy varietal 2018 HHH 2017 HHHH An old-fashioned style A simple, big, fruitfruit sitting in the Light herbaceous nose A powerful wine - quite of chardonnay showing driven style with goodherbaceous/nettle with lantana-like hints Rhone-like with classic plenty of artefact but use of the oak tospectrum. $15 and fruit power on the buttery sweet tropical/ a real crowd pleaser! balance it all. $30 balanced palate. Great glacé fruit characters and Excellent integratedWignalls Single quaffer. $22 fresh acid finish. Good complexity of rich Villa Maria SingleVineyard Albany food wine. $16 fruit, oak and savoury Vineyard TaylorsSauvignon Blanc McGuigan Shortlist characters. Creamy in Pass Chardonnay2018 HHH Hunter Valley K1 by Geoff Hardy the mouth. $80 2016 HHHHerbaceous/green Semillon 2018 HHH Adelaide Hills Villa Maria Reserve A fuller style with citrus/bean bouquet and fresh Zesty citrus fruit Gruner Veltliner Marlborough melon fruit charactersgooseberry palate with dominates this wine and 2018 HHH Chardonnay and toasty, roasted nutnice phenolic notes. has a tightly coiled acid An appealing \"easy\" 2016 HHHH1/2 elements. $NA$19 line. 5+ $30 quaffer with light and An attractive complex delicate varietal fruit and nose of stonefruit-like ROSÉd'Arenberg The OTHER WHITE zippy acidity. $25 aromas. Very rich andBroken Fishplate VARIETALS & creamy in the mouth 7 TASTEDAdelaide Hills BLENDS Three Ponds Hunter with some lovely 4 AWARDEDSauvignon Blanc Valley Fiano varietal fruit and \"smart\"2018 HHH 10 TASTED 2018 HHH oak. A tad hot on the A few nice drinks here!Simple style with a light 3 AWARDED Fresh floral aromatics finish. $NA \"A big plus that theremix of herbaceous and and bright citrus flavours Vidal Reserve were purpose-builttropical fruit characters The judges were on a palate that shows Hawkes Bay wines here with theand lively acidity. $20 disappointed! \"Generally, some nice finesse. $25 Chardonnay best being dry and these wines didn't 2017 HHHH balanced,\" commentedSEMILLON & deliver the varietal CHARDONNAY Very good modern one judge. \"But thereBLENDS character required,\" said style with lovely were others that had one judge. \"They are 14 TASTED integration of oak and unbalanced sweetness4 TASTED technically well-made 9 AWARDED melon fruit aromas and or lack of vibrancy.\"3 AWARDED wines but need to be a beautiful seamlessly distinctive rather than A strong class of well- balanced palate. Great Boat O'Craigo BlackGood examples of just being dry whites.\" defined chardonnays oak use. $NA Spur Yarra ValleyChablis-like wines. Good ranging from high Umamu Estate Rosé 2018 HHH1/2for drinking now or for quality examples to Margaret River An elegance of rosefurther ageing. those offering good Chardonnay petals on the nose and a drinking. A few had 2011 HHHH crisp, clean palate that'sThree Ponds Grosse winemaking faults Very youthful, very bright with fresh flavoursHunter Valley which is unforgivable in elegant, bright green and savoury notes. $24Semillon these young examples, wine with attractive2018 HHHH however it is good to toasty/vanillin oak ShinglebackVery \"approachable\" see wines not being overlaying the ripe Aficionado Adelaidewine. Young, clean over oaked. varietal fruit characters. Hills McLaren Valeand vibrant with fresh $NA Rosé 2018 HHHgreen apple aromas McGuigan Cellar Tempus Two Pewter Very pale pink withand lovely citrus hit Select Tumbarumba Poppy's Block lifted confectioneryto the long lingering Chardonnay Hunter Valley fragrances and a lightpalate. 3-5 $25 2017 HHHHH Chardonnay but flavoursome dry A distinctively cooler 2017 HHH1/2 palate. $15 region style of A classy oak driven style chardonnay. Some that shows good depth d'Arenberg savoury characters of light and elegant Stephanie the on the nose sitting varietal fruit characters Gnome with Rose over peach-like fruit. underneath. $40 Tinted Glasses Great palate, long and Yarrawood Tall McLaren Vale Rosé balanced, with lovely oak Tales Yarra Valley 2018 HHH influence. $25 Chardonnay Dolly pink wine with 2017 HHH ripe sweet/sour cherry Elegant Chablis style; fruit characters. \"Would light fruit and light appeal to many!\" $18 palate, \"But what is there is good,\" said one judge. $26 The Wine & Spirit INSIDER 101

NEW RELEASESPauletts Watervale PINOT NOIR d'Arenberg The FeralClare Valley Fox Adelaide HillsGrenache Rosé 19 TASTED Pinot Noir2018 HHH 2016 HHHHEstery red fruit 12 AWARDED Complex and layeredfragrances and a lovely with attractivemouthful of fresh and Some spectacular strawberry/cherryelegant flavours. $24 results with one winery varietal aromas and a dominating! Overall powerful palate withOTHER RED a very strong class tannins providing lengthVARIETALS & showing winemaking and focus. $29BLENDS influence; some using whole bunch techniques, Bangor Abel Tasman15 TASTED others cold soaking and Tasmania Pinot Noir6 AWARDED nicely structured oak 2016 HHHH handling. \"There were Fragrant strawberry fruitDisappointing! \"Like just a few using the bouquet and simplethe other whites these wrong oak.\" cherry flavours with agenerally lacked varietal tad heavy handed use ofcharacter or showed oak but a stylish palatefaulty management of none-the-less. $46grape tannins and oak,\"said one judge. Glenwillow Nebbiolo Purple Hands Old Villa Maria Single Anderson Hill D'Yandoit Bendigo Vine Barossa Valley Vineyard Southern Reserve LenswoodAtze's Corner The Nebbiolo 2016 HHH Grenache Clays Pinot Noir Pinot NoirGiant Barossa Valley Light rose petal-like 2017 HHHH 2015 HHHHH 2017 HHH1/2Durif 2016 HHHH aromatics and fleshy A simple soft and Bright purple wine Nicely varietal;A classic durif with varietal flavours with appealing style that has showing \"Some real a melange ofdense dark plum aromas intelligent management good weight of lifted power and depth,\" strawberries, florals and of tannins. $32 estery strawberry/ according to one forest floor characters. raspberry fruit judge. But it is still Some smoky notes and d'Arenberg The characters. An excellent stylish and silky with tight acidity. $90 Sticks & Stones quaffer. $30 excellent freshness ofand a ripe and powerful McLaren Vale strawberry-like aromas Villa Maria Reserveblackberry jam palate Tempranillo and flavours. $NA Marlborough Pinot Grenache Souzao Noir 2016 HHH1/2with solid oak. A good Tinta Cao 2014 HHH d'Arenberg The Villa Maria Single An oak driven style withdrink. 5+ $30 Beefy, dark and savoury some herbal-like varietal with clean aromatic fruit. Ironstone Pressings Vineyard Taylors fruit and hints of dark A great tapas wine! $29 McLaren Vale berries with violet-likeHand Crafted Grenache Shiraz Pass Pinot Noir floral elements. $NA GRENACHE & 2015 HHHHHby Geoff Hardy BLENDS Mourvedre A succinct commentLimestone CoastMontepulciano 4 TASTED 2016 HHH from one judge here 3 AWARDED A big raw and grippy2017 HHH1/2 style with a mix of red was - \"Yes please!\" Riversdale Estate A small class of A beautiful wine Centaurus Block 1Bright briary fruit nose grenache and blends and dark fruits and with lovely varietal Coal River Valleywith a herbal hint. The offering nice easy Pinot Noirpalate is fresh, jammy and quaffing styles. savoury notes. In need complexity, earthy 2016 HHH1/2 of food! 3-5 $70 Big ripe sweet varietalaccording to one judge - nuances and good fruit showing a hint length of firm and chewy of crème brulee-like\"Yummy!\" 3-5 $30 d'Arenberg The tannins. 3-5 $NA characters with more Derelict Vineyard sweetness from theTaylor Made Clare McLaren Vale Villa Maria oak. $54Valley Malbec Grenache 2015 HHH Cellar Selection2017 HHH Estery berry bouquet Marlborough Pinot Thornbury CentralA simple but well-made and flavours of poached Noir 2017 HHHH1/2 Otago Pinot Noirvarietal with bright fresh fruits and quinces. Will A very appealing, very 2017 HHHjuicy red berry fruits improve with more fresh, very fragrant and Very ripe strawberryshowing a slight green age. $29 very floral pinot. Has jam-like aromasedge. $28 deep red/purple hues, and a silky smooth, lifted varietal aromas flavoursome cherryThree Ponds Holman and a fine \"precise\" and palate. $NAHunter Valley Nero elegant palate. $NAD'Avola 2017 HHHA very appealing wine Villa Maria Single Vidal Reservewith good varietal Vineyard Seddon Hawkes Bay Pinotexpression and some Pinot Noir Noir 2017 HHHbalanced confectionery 2015 HHHH1/2sweetness. $45 A complexity of spicy varietal fruit, fresh sweet oak and a \"whisper\" of Excellent fresh berry sweet and sour cherry fruit fragrances and a characters with the tight, bright and youthful tannins contributing to palate. Needs time to the overall length. $NA settle. 3-5 $NA102 The Wine & Spirit INSIDER

wine & spirit insider tastingAnderson Hill Gomersal Wines McGuigan Personal Shingleback VBBAEULSYUTSE Anderson Hill OpalWheely Good Premium Barossa Reserve Hunter Red Knot Adelaide Hills ShirazLenswood Pinot Valley Cabernet Valley Shiraz Classified 2017 HHH1/2Noir 2017 HHH Sauvignon 2017 HHHHH McLaren Vale Shiraz A savoury style withSavoury and fleshy with 2016 HHH1/2 A traditional Aussie style 2017 HHHH spicy red fruits, sweetearthy strawberry-like A complexity and of shiraz with a powerful Big 'masculine' wine. oak and balancingvarietal expression richness of attractive hit of toasty oak and rich Hints of spices and tannins with a dashlaced with satin smooth juicy cassis fruit well berry fruit aromas and pepper on the nose of pepper and hints oftannins. $30 matched by the cigar a huge palate that's a and red berry/dark menthol. $40 box-like oak characters. complexity of dark berry plum palate with someCABERNET $20 fruits with lots of sweet complex maturation Shingleback RedSAUVIGNON & oak. 5+ $80 evolving. $19 Knot McLaren ValeBLENDS Woolpunda South Riversdale Estate Shiraz 2017 HHH Australia Cabernet Coal River Valley Grampians Estate An elegant wine that's12 TASTED Sauvignon Syrah Mafeking Grampians light, tight and alert with6 AWARDED 2017 HHH 2017 HHHH1/2 Shiraz 2017 HHHH spicy berry aromas andA mixed result. The A big style of cabernet Dense purple wine - big Nice rich berry flavours. $15better wines had a with simple ripe red fruit and generous with a aromatics with abalanced integration of characters supported beautiful nose of pretty delicate spicy lift. More Bayliss Roadvarietal fruit and oak. But by creamy vanillin oak. mulberry and violet of the spice characters Willunga McLarenone judge commented, $18 fragrances. Soft balance on the oak driven Vale Shiraz\"some oak issues of fruit and oak on the palate. Has both power 2017 HHHobvious here of either Taylors Clare Valley palate with a green and elegance. $25 A lovely full bodied,excess tannins or added Cabernet Sauvignon note. $40 balanced, wine withoak essence, with some 2017 HHH Three Ponds Holman Yarran A Few Words dark fruit, spicesothers showing oak taint A simple wine but Hunter Valley Shiraz Hilltops Shiraz and some roastedfrom older barrels\". commercially appealing. 2017 HHHH1/2 2017 HHHH characters. $19 Leafy dark berry fruit All class! Excellent oak Lovely ripe and brightShingleback D Block with the sweet oak kept aromas laced with dark berry fruit with excellent Anderson HillReserve McLaren in check. $19 juicy red fruits. Lovely oak support and some Maggie's FeastVale Cabernet freshness and richness funkiness adding Adelaide Hills ShirazSauvignon Mollydooker The of fruit flavours balanced interest. Needs time to 2017 HHH2016 HHHH Maitre D' McLaren by the oak with beefy- soften. 3-5 $25 Bright spicy cherry berryDark and inky with Vale Cabernet like nuances. $55 fruit aromas followlovely sweet cassis-like Sauvignon Mollydooker The straight onto the palatevarietal fruit, excellent 2017 HHH Grampians Estate Boxer McLaren Vale with its sweet oakoak and savoury meaty Lots of oak influence Streeton Reserve Langhorne Creek notes. $30elements. Has strength here but it is well Grampians Shiraz Shiraz 2017 HHHHand structure. $55 matched by the sweet 2017 HHHH1/2 A very traditional style. SHIRAZ & ripe fruit. Crowd A very stylish wine It's big and powerful BLENDS pleaser! $28 that has balance with lots of super ripe 2016 & OLDER and length and is a fruit, heaps of sweet oak Brangayne of delicious combination and mouthfilling tannins. 20 TASTED Orange Orange of dark plums fruit and 15 AWARDED Cabernet Shiraz sweet caramel-like 5+ $28 Merlot 2016 HHH oak showing a dash of This group exhibits the An elegant and simple spice. $75 strength of the 2016 wine with simple dark vintage. \"These wines berry fruit characters and show excellent use of good use of oak. $35 classy oak to match the strength of the fruit,\" SHIRAZ & said one judge. \"Lack of BLENDS 2017 attention to detail was the issue with those 21 TASTED wines that failed to 12 AWARDED make the grade.\" As expected - a very strong class from this variety. \"Nice to see a variation is styles ranging from the young early drinking cherry/cola ones to the traditional big weights with their rich full-bodied flavours,\" noted one judge. The Wine & Spirit INSIDER 103

NEW RELEASES Greenock Estate Eisenstone Ebenezer Angas King Clare Barossa Valley Valley Shiraz Shiraz 2016 HHHHH 2016 HHHHH A light and tightly A big complex wine but coiled shiraz with lifted has a certain elegance. perfumed floral fruit, The nose is a mix of classy oak and tarry/ lifted sweet oak and soy-like secondary spicy ripe fruits. The characters. A tight palate offers supple blockbuster that needs sweet fruit flavours with more time to evolve. a slight sour note. $35 5+ $100 Ekhidna Linchpin Eisenstone McLaren Vale Shiraz Greenock Barossa 2016 HHHHH Valley Shiraz An excellent, well 2015 HHHHH focussed core of A massive super ripe powerful dark cherry/ style of shiraz that's berry fruit enveloped by a powerful mix of tar, savoury oak with a lovely licorice, burnt fig and lift of pepper and spice. some blackberry fruit It is concentrated and characters. Lots of oak powerful but balanced. and lashings of tannins. 5+ $55 5+ $75104 The Wine & Spirit INSIDER

wine & spirit insider tastingVidal Reserve Gomersal Wines Taylor Made Clare Villa MariaHawkes Bay Syrah Reserve Barossa Valley Shiraz Reserve Selection2016 HHHH Valley Shiraz 2015 HHH Marlborough NobleCool climate style with 2015 HHHH The oak works well here Riesling 2016beautifully lifted spicy/ Huge, hot and showing with the ripe berry fruit. (375ml) HHHHpeppery aromatics and some age. Big hit of High level of acidity and Lovely lifted lusciouslovely cherry/berry-like savoury oak on the nose long lingering tannins. sweet citrus-like varietalvarietal fruit flavours. and palate with great fruit laced with powerfulRestrained oak. texture enhancing the 5+ $28 dried apricot botrytis fullness. 5+ $30 characters adding 3-5 $NA Eisenstone complexity. $NA Shanahans The Old Greenock Barossa A Grower's TouchGreenock Estate Dog Barossa Valley Valley Shiraz Riverina BotrytisDenken D3 Victoria Shiraz 2016 HHH 2014 HHH SemillonShiraz Merlot A big old-fashioned A huge old fashioned, 2013 HHHH2016 HHHH tarry style of shiraz with jammy, tannic and Soft and rounded styleLovely varietal a huge jammy palate. syrupy style with a dark that has a lovely mix ofexpression here. Nice $19.95 thread of savoury fruit tropical and citrus-likeintegration of mature evolving. $75 fruit with some excellentfruit characters with a complexity of botrytiswhiff of caramel oak SWEET elements. $35and beautiful forward WHITES &tannins. $28 Greenock Estate FORTIFIEDSAtze's Corner The Angas King EdenBachelor Barossa Valley Shiraz 4 TASTEDValley Shiraz 2016 HHH 2 AWARDED2016 HHHH A huge and generousA big wine; great crowd pleaser. Has very A couple of excellentcolour, nice roasted ripe fruit and loads of examples of sweetcharacters to the nose. well-handled oak. $45 whites. \"A touch moreGenerous palate with Greenock Estate acid and these twoattractive secondary Angas King Barossa would have been raisedcharacters developing. Valley Shiraz to five stars,\" explained 2016 HHH one judge. 3-5 $30 A simple, bright andPurple Hands Greenock Estate tight cherry/berry varietalBarossa Valley Angas King nose and palate with aShiraz 2016 HHHH McLaren Vale nice tannic edge. $45A huge oak driven shiraz. Shiraz 2016 HHHThe sweetness from the A sound honest wineoak mingles beautifully with a slight jammy nosewith the rich ripe berry and softly textured berryfruit. Needs more time palate. $35to 'relax'. $30 STAR RATINGS  Three-, four- and five-star ratings are signs of excellence in fruit quality and winemaking skill. All wines are judged ‘blind’ by wine industry professionals and are compared in peer classes by three judges. CM Wine is exclusive to Cellarmasters, a major mail-order business. CD Cellar door price. CDO Cellar door only. SO Sold out. $N/A Price not available at time of printing.  Contact information pg 111-112. RECOMMENDED cellaring (years). BEST VALUE for $20 & under. For a complete list of what we tasted please refer to www.winestate.com.au The Wine & Spirit INSIDER 105

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aftertasteELISABETH KINGDAYS OF WINE AND MORE ROSE´SGLOSSY fashion magazines and websites become a cottage industry. So much so that colour the bar or restaurant stocks.routinely feature the same events, perfumes, three books dedicated to weeding out the One of the standard bearers for the causeclothes and much more. But a supermarket wannabes were published last year. Masterrosé? Yet when Aldi, the German discounter, of Wine, Jennifer Simonetti-Bryant, launched of darker rose´s in France is Jean-Claudereleased a 1.5 litre magnum of French roséfor the vade mecum - Rosé Wine: The Guide Mas, the creator of Aldi’s $8 gong-winner$24.99 just prior to the Easter long weekend to Drinking Pink. US wine writer Katherine and owner of the Arrogant Frog label - soldearlier this year, Elle, Marie Claire and InStyle Cole appealed more to the mass market by Dan Murphy’s and BWS. The best way tomagazines and female-targeted websites with - Rosé All Day: The Essential Guide to make rosé with flavour is to use syrah grapessuch as whimn.com.au and popsugar. Your New Favourite Wine. While sommelier and to use a technique called saignee, literallycom.au led the charge in informing their Victoria Jones played up the versatility of rosé bleeding the juice, he says. “The grapes arereaderships of the return of this much-loved as a food wine in Drink Pink: A Celebration ripe when we pick them, they have sometipple of party girls and wine o’clock mums. of Rosé. The recipe for roast chicken brined contact with the skins, then we bleed off the in rosé is alone worth the price of the book. juice and it ferments on its own. The colour is Last year, Aldi made global headlines when deeper than might be fashionable in London,its $8 Cotes de Provence rosé won a silver Red and white wines generally stay within a but the wine has an aroma and taste.”medal at the International Wine Challenge narrow colour spectrum, but rosé comes in -in the UK, leaving wines costing three to well - 50 shades. Rosé stands out from other Rosé champagnes and sparkling winesfour times its price in its wake. According to wines in its diversity of hue, shades and tints, have an incomparable affinity for foodTony Baines, former managing director of says Jim Harbertson, associate professor of from sushi through pasta, most meats andcorporate buying at Aldi UK: “We have been oenology at Washington State University, who fish and even fried foods and difficult-to-working closely with renowned winemaker has made himself a media spokesperson on match vegetables such as artichokes. TheirJean-Claude Mas to change perceptions the trend in the US. “More than other wine popularity has sky-rocketed with the roséaround French wine, which is often perceived types, colour heavily influences consumers boom and there’s some sizzling optionsas expensive and intimidating, so it is fantastic perceptions of rosé,” he says. “This makes now available from the Champagne region,to see some of these products acknowledged winemakers particularly mindful of creating of course, and Austria, Australia, Italy, theas some of the best in the world”. the right colour. A light-coloured rosé is US and South Africa. Other French regions expected to be a lighter-based wine and a beyond the Loire such as Alsace are muscling It’s the same story in the US. Over the darker one to be more full-bodied.” in and enjoying global recognition throughpast five years, consumption of rosé has visionaries such as Pierre Sparr and Luciensoared. In New York, rosé now enjoys the In New York, rosé now Albrecht, the pioneer of Cremant d’Alsace.sobriquet “Hamptons Gatorade” becauseof its widespread popularity in the summer enjoys the sobriquet Dry lambruscos from Italy, from vineyardsdestination of the city’s elite. The Instagram such as Puianello are having a majorappeal of pink wine has made it a go-to “Hamptons Gatorade” moment. Rosé pet-nats - an acronymn ofchoice among Millennials. According to the petillant naturel - where the wines are madeNational Consumers League (NCL), rosé because of its by bottling before the completion of the firstconsumption differs from other Millennial-led fermentation have gained hipster status onwine crazes popular in the US and Australia widespread popularity in both sides of the Pond, even though there’s- prosecco and moscato - because the wines nothing new about them.are higher in quality across the board. the summer destination But if you are nostalgic for the days when rosé But where there’s money, you’ll find of the city’s elite. was synonymous with cheap and cheerful; onprofiteers. The NCL issued a statement to a recent trip to the US I tried Lila Bubbly Rosé,US drinkers in August, warning that wine A simple statement of fact that has been a sparkling rosé in a can made from wines frommerchants in France and the UK may have taken to extremes in the UK and France. the Veneto. Bright and refreshing with a crispunknowingly sold 10 million bottles of a French slang for pink wines is - piscine rosé finish, it wasn’t that bad. “We believe Bubblycheap Spanish white/red blend mislabeled (swimming pool rosé) - because it’s mostly Rosé will help the Lila brand to grow by 60as rosé from Provence. Most of it was sold in served on casual occasions. A decade to 70 per cent in 2018, exceeding last year’sFrance itself and the UK, but the association back, Englishman James Ivey wrote a 55 per cent growth,” said Kevin Mehra, CEOcautioned consumers to be on the lookout book called Extremely Pale Rosé about his of Latitude Beverage Wine which makes thefor rosés simply labeled Vin de France or search to find the palest rosé in Provence. tinned sparkler. Optimism that’s well-placedwhich had picturesque French scenery on Ever on the lookout for something to be and very much on the money. the label and “Spanish” or “European” in snobbish about, the British seized on thetiny print as the origin of the wine. Never notion and it’s become fashionable amongbe distracted by a pretty shade of pink was ladies who lunch to ask for the lightestthe final sentence in the statement. Educating consumers about rosé hasnext issue: Time just seems to be getting faster and faster - maybe its all the good wine to be had in the world that’s making it such a blur! Next issue is our send off to 2018 and a big welcome to 2019 with our bumper large-format issue combining both the Wine of the Year Awards edition and the Annual best of the best round-up issue to celebrate.114 W I N E S TAT E November/December 2018

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