Very pale in colour, almost water-white; showing a minerally, peach nose with a lemony note; medium-bodied, dry, elegant, white peach flavour; a well-made wine with a fresh, lively citrus finish.
Viognier makes a nice change from Chardonnay, especially if you like your white wines with a touch of fragrance. This Viognier is light straw in colour with a minerally, honeysuckle and white peach nose. Medium-bodied and dry flavours of peach and apple fill the mouth, following through to a fresh, citrus finish. It costs a bottle. Try it with sushi or spring rolls.
Full and rich, with bristling spices livening the lemon curd, honeydew and vanilla oats. A hint of mint and ample shaved wood closes out the finish. Full bodied and expansively rich on the palate, this has a steady hum of bright acidity working overdrive, but keeping pace. Youthful, this should settle some with another year or so in bottle, but will always make a match with richer white seafood or creamy shellfish.
Clear medium-deep yellow. A quite intense “like it or hate it” nose (I liked it) of lime and floor wax. Very fruity on the palate, with lime, pineapple, apricot and rhubarb, a slight sweetness but also tart, leading into a long finish. Will last a few more years.
Clear medium-deep garnet. Fairly strong and mature nose of strawberries and cranberries with a touch of mace. Light-bodied with a short finish; the stewed cherry-fruit is fading. Drink up.
Dense purple in colour with a cedary nose of blueberry pie; full-bodied, dry, richly extracted, sweet blackberry and blueberry flavours with a note of dark chocolate on the finish.
Warm and ripe perfumed raspberry, rhubarb jam, forest berries and cinnamon bark fill this fleshy palate, one that is threaded with fine lines of acidity. Though this is generous on the palate, it is kept brisk with a fine grit of tannins and raft of spicing. Drinking very well now.