Di Giorgio Chardonnay 2017
Natural ferment using 40% new and 60% old French oak. 8 months on lees with fortnightly stirring. Some parcels through malolactic fermentation. All the things. Di Giorgio Family Wines, Chardonnay, […]
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Stockman’s Ridge Storm Sparkling 2011
Irony that the last time I reviewed a wine from Stockman’s Ridge (2016), I wrote this introduction: “It’s funny, Pinot Noir should probably be Orange’s flagship red grape….but there’s few […]
Singlefile Family Reserve Chardonnay 2017
A big step up the Chardonnay ladder here from Singlefile. Sourced from the Singlefile estate vineyard planted in 1989, the wine whole bunch pressed then fermented in 40% new and 60% […]
Singlefile Chardonnay 2017
2 harvest days, almost 2 weeks apart: 22nd March and then April 4th in 2017. The wine sees 33% new and 67% one year old French oak maturation for 8 months Singlefile Wines, Chardonnay, Great Southern, 2017 […]
Run Free by Singlefile Chardonnay 2017
Pressed into French Oak barriques, partial wild fermentation. Lees stirred weekly, but no malolactic fermentation to preserve primary fruit flavours. Run Free by Singlefile, Chardonnay, Western Australia, 2017 Good […]
A Tale of Tolpuddle
The Tolpduddle Vineyard located in the Coal River Valley, approx 25 kms from Hobart in southern Tasmania. Named after the Tolpuddle Martyrs who were sent to Van Diemen’s Land (the […]
TarraWarra Estate Reserve Chardonnay 2016
Clare Halloran, chief winemaker for TarraWarra makes no attempt to hide the fact that 2016 was warm in the Yarra, with earlier ripening fruit. No malolactic fermentation. Fermented and matured […]
