d’Arenberg The Hermit Crab Viognier Marsanne 2014
Got a little gold sticker, this wine does. Gold Medal at the New Zealand International Wine Show. That’s actually a real wine show. In fact, it’s New Zealand’s largest so […]
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TarraWarra Estate Roussanne Marsanne Viognier 2015
These white varieties are a staple in the Rhône Valley in France. There’s a few producers in Australia putting them together, but TarraWarra must surely be near the top of […]
Tahbilk Viognier 2016
Not quite as famous as their Marsanne, this Northern Rhone variety was planted on the estate in 1990. Tahbilk,Viognier, Nagambie Lakes, 2016 Expressively floral: light rosewater and pretty apricot flesh, […]
Yalumba Eden Valley Viognier 2015
Younger brother of the Virgilus, (long held as a benchmark of Viognier) and part of the “Samuel’s Garden” collection. Yalumba, Viognier, Eden Valley 2015 Not quite ripe crisp stonefruit slices, […]
Kalleske Plenarius Viognier 2015
Single vineyard. 100% Biodynamic. Wild ferment on skins for 7 days. 10 months in Hogsheads. Unfiltered and un-fined. Kalleske, Plenarius, Viognier, Barossa Valley 2015 In the words of Puscifer: “’bout […]
Mitchell Harris Shiraz 2013
I caught up with Johnno Harris at Game Of Rhones in Melbourne, June 2016. I’d tasted this and the other 2013 Reds, and said that I was getting around to […]
Toolangi Emanai 2015
Made at Yering Station from fruit sourced at the Dixon Creek estate. Chardonnay and Viognier, co fermented and aged in oak for 4 months. Toolangi, Emanai, Yarra Valley, 2015 Lively […]
Orange Mountain ‘1397’ Shiraz Viognier 2012
Terry Dolle isn’t your average winemaker. An incredibly nice bloke (Julie, his wife and the kids are also lovely and welcoming), he was a grape grower first that decided to […]
Quartz Hill of the Pyrenees
One of the best things about wine writing, is that every now and then, a little nugget shines that little more brighter than the others, and those fresh discoveries are […]
d’Arenberg The Laughing Magpie Shiraz Viognier 2011
The nomenclature not quite so self explanatory here as with other d’Arenberg wines. “The Kookaburra is a native Australian bird famous for its distinctive laughing call, Chester’s young daughters named […]
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