Moving swiftly on to Wine-o-clock's second tasting in two days. Its the weekend and the Missus has rustled up a J Sheekey fish pie so something special required. Just bought a 6 pack of this Aussie classic, we used to stay in Sydney and tasted this at a McWilliam's wine club dinner at the Guillame at Bennelong restaurant at the opera house pretty much out of the barrel in Nov 2005 and we were blown away by its fresh, floral fruity loveliness. We, like everyone else in NSW, love bottle aged Hunter Semillon so had been at the dinner on account of the old wines being served but this young one stole the show (the first vintage to be released on bottling as a limited run - they tend to store them and release them after 5-6 years after vintage). So It was with much excitement that I unscrewed the cap tonight.....
Light gold in colour with a slight green tinge, a bit like a good Italian olive oil. On the nose I get honey, passion fruit, plastic, nuts and maybe a bit of white peppery spice. In the mouth there is a slight fizz on the tongue that makes your nose twitch, followed by a wash of pineapple then honey, caramel and a hint of oak (even though it the wine hasn't been near any oak!) leading to a very long finish with a hint of lemon sherbet. This is good juice!
4* now but I think with 2-3 years more bottle age this will be nudging 5*, I think I will stash the rest of these in the Eurocave and taste another in a year or so.
View from the missus - quite oaky....
11.5% abv, £17.50 per bottle available from Slurp.
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