Category Archives: White Wine – Australia

Berton vineyard, Chardonnay, 2022, Eden Valley, Australia

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Berton vineyard, Chardonnay, 2022, Eden Valley, Australia

Berton vineyard, Chardonnay, 2022, Eden Valley, Australia

 

Another typical cheap Australian Chardonnay? Not quite. This one from Berton vineyard is ok, not outstanding but decent if you like a slightly heavier white wine. Lots of ripe citrus, pineapple and hints of grapefruit. As such it holds its length well, although thats more by brute force of flavour.

Personally, at £15 a bottle it’s over priced. For me it’s like Ford Fiesta car, nothing wrong in many ways but I’m not paying VW golf prices for it.

St Hugo, Chardonnay, 2022, Eden Valley, Australia

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St Hugo, Chardonnay, 2022, Eden Valley, Australia

St Hugo, Chardonnay, 2022, Eden Valley, Australia

 

I am partial to a crisp buttery chardonnay and was looking forward to tasting this one from St Hugo’s but it wasn’t quite what I expected. Its a dry, crisp white wine with plenty of acidity. Lots of green apples and grass with a big hit of lemon and some grapefruit make it unbalanced to me. I was hoping for more buttery and vanilla notes and these make come through in the coming years if left.

At £20 a bottle its not cheap and I would like to try it again in 5 or 7 years to see how it matures.

Krondorf, Riesling, 2019, Eden Valley, Australia

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    Krondorf, Riesling, 2019, Eden Valley, Australia

 

Krondorf’s Riesling from the Eden Valley in Australia is a rather decent dry Riesling.  There’s a freshness, a slight petroleum aroma, it’s the fruit concentration comes through on the nose and the flavours. You get lemon and citrus first with a little peach, minerality underlines it all with reason length.

At AUD16 a bottle it’s decent value and for me a good day to day white wine.

Fat Cat, Cat amongst the pigeons, 2019, Eden Valley, Australia

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Fat Cat, Cat amongst the pigeons, 2019, Eden Valley, Australia

Fat Cat, Cat amongst the pigeons, 2019, Eden Valley, Australia

Fat Cat, Cat amongst the pigeons from Eden Valley in Australia has a striking name and a striking taste. Dry and crisp, it’s got plenty of flavours and aromas. Grapefruit, lime, lemon, green apple, ripe pineapple with a kerosene high light binding them together.

It’s refreshing and perfect sitting in the garden on a summer’s evening with a big plate of salad, a lump of fresh fish. Quite frankly speaking it’s wonderful.

Soumah, Chardonnay, Yarra Valley, Australia

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Chardonnay, Yarra Valley, Australia

Chardonnay, Yarra Valley, Australia

Australian Chardonnay use to be a bit oaky and big and this one from Soumah in the Yarra Valley has a lot of that.

Its dry with little aromas but a chunk of oak on the flavour front. Your do get flavours of citrus, apple, grapefruit and hints of vanilla but the oak is too much for me. Its not terrible but at £12 a bottle there are better Chardonnays out there.

Asda, Extra Special, Chardonnay, 2017, Barossa, Australia

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Supermarkets do sell excellent wine and this Extra Special, Chardonnay from the Barossa in Australia from Asda is pretty good, it may not be a gold medalist at Decanter but what I liked about it is how easy it was to drink.

Its light, medium bodied white with light aromas of peach and pineapple that come though in the flavour, there’s creaminess and hints of oak which are very welcomed. Day 2 and the pineapple came through more but still easy drinking. It lacks in many ways but as I’ve mentioned before with other wines, its a wine for a moment. In this case its in front of the TV or in the garden on a summers day. At £7 a bottle its great value, pick up a box of 6 and just enjoy.

Asda, Extra Special, Chardonnay, 2017, Barossa, Australia

Asda, Extra Special, Chardonnay, 2017, Barossa, Australia

Rawsons Retreat, Riesling, 2015, Australia

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Rieslings from Australia has come a long way in the last decade and this one from Rawsons Retreat shows another example of why Riesling is such a great grape. Dry with a decent level of acidity and aromas of ripe pineapple and kerosene that are followed with additional flavours of honey, lime and green apple.

At £7 a bottle its a wine that grows on you, not outstanding but great for curling in front of the TV.

Rawsons Retreat, Riesling, 2015, Australia

Rawsons Retreat, Riesling, 2015, Australia

 

Soumah, Chardonnay, 2017, Yarra Valley, Australia.

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Soumah does make a great cool climate dry Chardonnay. The grapes are picked earlier than other vineyards and this gives you aromas of green apple and grass that lead into flavors of grapefruit, stone fruit, citrus and herbal notes that isn’t unpleasant. It has great length and freshness and worthy Decanter Silver medal winner. This is a wine that would go well with sea food or sipping it in the garden on a summers evening.

At £20 a bottle its not cheap but its worth spending a bit extra every now and again.

oumah, Chardonnay, 2017, Yarra Valley, Australia

oumah, Chardonnay, 2017, Yarra Valley, Australia

Mount Pleasant, Elizabeth, Semillon 2009, Hunter Valley, Australia

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Hunter Valley produce great Semillon and this Mount Pleasant one is no exception. Theres a petroleum note with ripe citrus and honey on the nose. Its a very dry wine with grass, honey and lemon on the palate with plenty of acidity and a texture of full cream milk, its a big wine.

At about £20 a bottle its not badly priced for a 10 year cellar aged semillon.

Mount Pleasant, Elizabeth, Semillon 2009, Hunter Valley, Australia

Mount Pleasant, Elizabeth, Semillon 2009, Hunter Valley, Australia

 

Glenlofty Estate, Marsanne, Roussanne 2015, Pyrenees, Victoria, Australia

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This Marsanne, Roussanne blend from the Glenlofty Estate located in the Pyrenees, Victoria, Australia is very drinkable but is it fantastic? This 2015 got a bronze at the IWSC awards and bronze at the Decanter World Wine Awards

This is a fresh, dry wine with lime and honey aromas which are joined in the flavour department with melon, pear, citrus and hints of flora. This is best to be left 5 or 10  minutes after pouring as the flavours are more pronounced once the wine is allowed to open up. Its a very good wine which I think should have got a silver medal.

It worked with fish and chips and also on its own.

Glenlofty Estate, Marsanne Roussanne 2015, Pyrenees, Victoria, Australia

Glenlofty Estate, Marsanne Roussanne 2015, Pyrenees, Victoria, Australia