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Saturday, 17 August 2019

Gartelmann Jessica Verdelho 2018

  17:30    

Hunter Valley standard, though certainly playing second fiddle (at least) to regional standard Semillon. Carries the familiar glace pineapple with a touch of ginger and mace spice lines. 

A fine minerality before the onset of some textural weight and width. That minerally tickle perform its two step across the palate. Decent wine. 90 

 Tasted on: Monday 22nd July, a Flower to Leaf day 
Source: Sample
Price: $22
Alcohol: 13.4%
Closure: Screwcap
Website: www.gartelmann.com.au

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Golden Grove Tranquillo Bianco 2019

  12:30    

White "bitsa" blend of Sauv Blanc (45%), Vermentino (24%), Chardonnay (16%), Semillon (12%), White Muscat (3%). Semillon on full solids, added texture over sugar. 

Sauv meets lemon sorbet here, gives a suggestion of sweetness on aromatic approach. Peach in the frame too: soft, sensuous, semi-dry.

Minerally tickle on entry, that dance across the palate, awakens and enlivens as if to prepare for what may come, a vinous amuse bouche! Plump around the middle, comes at the expense of length, as if concertinaed to bolster the mid-section. 88 

 Tasted on: Thursday 11th July, a Flower day
Source: Sample
Price: $20
Alcohol: 11%
Closure: Screwcap
Website: www.goldengroveestate.com.au

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Angullong Pinot Grigio 2018

  08:30    

This Angullong Grigio generally comes across well, in fact they pretty much nail the varieties of Italian origin. 

Beurre Bosc pear, softly as if approaching almost beyond ripeness, subtle spice - white pepper, a suggestion of mace.

Clean and very crisp palate, fruit is present and hurried along by a brisk acidity. Not without a touch of textural presence, but it's squarely in the Grigio camp. Nice presence, length. 89

Tasted on: Sunday 7th July, a Fruit day 
Source: Sample
Price: $20
Alcohol: 13%
Closure: Screwcap
Website: www.angullong.com.au

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Friday, 16 August 2019

Jansz Rosé 2015

  12:30    

Pouring a delightful salmon hue, Jansz of Tasmania - a Hill-Smith Family (Yalumba) brand - made in the Methode Tasmanoise (nice touch) style. It's 100% Pinot Noir, grown in the Pipers River sub-area.

Six months on oak, has added depth and complexity to a fine spine of acidity. Strawberry and a hint of spice adorn the nose, almond paste and a touch of bready complexity evident too. 

Overall a wine of assertive authority on the palate, subtle tannin and a creamy mouth-filling palate all combine, subsiding to a gentle, yet driven, length. 91 

 Tasted on: Wednesday 7th August, a Flower day
Source: Sample
Price: $53
Alcohol: 12.5%
Closure: DIAM
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Juniper Crossing Semillon Sauvignon Blanc 2018

  08:30    

A blend of Semillon (55%)and Sauvignon Blanc (45%), all estate grown fruit - albeit off of different vineyards. 

Subtle tropical fruit nuances waft their way out of the glass here, Passionfruit, melon and veering to a suggestion of blackcurrant leaf. Aromas I almost find hard to reconcile with the region, for thinking of them as tropical and yet here present in something from the reasonably maritime cool of Margaret River. 

Citrus derived acidity punches its way through the palate, a razor sharp acidity to boot. It's as if to cleanse, leading the way for a textural wash across the palate. Fruit filled, spice seasoned. It carries on a fine length. 92

 Tasted on: Saturday 6th July, a Leaf to Fruit day 
Source: Sample
Price: $22
Alcohol: 13.5%
Closure: Screwcap
Website: www.juniperestate.com.au

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Thursday, 15 August 2019

Hastwell & Lightfoot Shiraz 2017

  17:00    

Sinking one's olfactory organ into a wine can so often be an exercise in contrast, not least here with its summer Berry profile, supported by Autumnal shades of wood, and spiced, by way of oak. 

That experience is consistent across the palate, as if compartmentalised, the fruit just a touch sweeter, the spice long across the wine's spine. 

 There's a sense of fudgey, chocolatey oak in the mix, adding width and lateral edge to the wine. Solid McLaren Vale Shiraz. 90

 Tasted on: Monday 15th July, a Fruit day 
Source: Sample
Price: $25
Alcohol: 14%
Closure: Screwcap
Website: https://hastwellandlightfoot.com.au/

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Jacob's Creek Classic Chardonnay 2018

  12:30    

Creamy, vanilla-fudgey aromatics here. Perhaps not the most defined, or pronounced. Palate is fairly anonymous, a gentle mineral tickle with a thin vein of citrus acidity. 

Like the star player in a team that goes missing at the key moments. A miss. 84

 Tasted on: Thursday 4th July, a Flower to Leaf day
Source: Sample
Price: $11.99
Alcohol: 12.9%
Closure: Screwcap
Website: www.jacobscreek.com

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