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The fruit is crushed to the press, settled and racked to tank for a cold ferment and lees ageing. Scented white flowers and lemony freshness with a cleansing palate. The fruit has good integrity, and the mid-palate has pleasing texture and breadth, plus soft, rounded edges. It is a harmonious, balanced drink with a beautiful limey core. Excellent value. 95 points. Toni Paterson   This wine was formerly bottled under the "Elizabeth" label. That  is now used for cellar aged releases.Sourced exclusively from the Lovedale vineyard, this is quintessential Hunter Valley Semillon..     #psem

Jeni Port 96 points. A natural cool beauty, Watervale combines stunning aromatics – apple blossom, white flowers – with lingering aromas of Tahitian lime, lemon, grapefruit. Citrus and talc florals work hand in hand here. Soft, textural acidity offers a solid foundation for the brisk lemony brightness and lime cordial intensity of the fruit. And it lasts and lasts on a long, clean finish. Guess you might say I fell hard for this young riesling. A classic riesling vintage in the Clare Valley is a thing to behold. Excellent drinking now, it will be a pleasure to follow its journey. Date Tasted: October 2021; Drink: 2021 to...

James Halliday Wine Companion 96 points. Cane-cut Coal River riesling weighing in at around 136g/L RS. Straw in the glass with characters of apple, lime, peach, candied citrus rind, clover and orange blossom, apple pie, crushed riverstone and crème brûlée. Once again that beautiful acidity struts its stuff, drawing all the rich flavours into relief and applying tension and velocity in the process, finishing long and unctuous. Superb. 96 points. Dave Brookes Published 26 May 2025   #FOGG

Gold Medal, IWSC Berlin . Gold Medal, Lyon International Wine Competition. Gold , Gilbert & Gaillard IWC 2025. Grape variety: 100% Tempranillo Blanco. Grapes: From our own vines in Rioja Alta. Alcohol content: 13,5 %. Vinification: Cold materation to obtain the desired finest aromas from the skins, softly pressed, clarification and cold fermentation of the clear must. Ageing on the fine lees. Bright yellow colour with greenish tones. Sophisticated and powerful on the nose, combining tropical and citrusfruits aromas. Complemented with white fruit and flowers hints. On the palate fresh,  complex, unctuous, well balanced, with a long...

Gold Medal, G & G International Wine Challenge, 2025. Grape varieties: Viura, Sauvignon Blanc, Verdejo and Chardonnay. Grapes: Estate owned vines in Rioja Alta. Tasting notes: Pale-yellow with green hues; clean and bright. Great aromatic intensity , fruity aromas, underscored by elegant floral hints. On the mouth is balanced, fresh and subtle, with good acidity. Long and persistent finish.  

James Suckling 92 points. Winery Note: A vine that gives of its best in the Maremma as well as in Sardinia. The nose has a fine and delicate hint of fruit, with aromatic citrus notes that give the wine great freshness. It has a balanced taste, well-supported by its acidity and mineral component that give it sapidity and persistence.   #FRASS  

Gold Medal, San Francisco International Wine Competition, 2026.   Ten Sisters Sauvignon Blanc has a delightfully fragrant bouquet with underlying citrus aromas. Single-vineyard sourcing allows the terroir its full expression and elicits a purity of flavors. The palate is bright and elegant with refined acidity and ripe flavors. It has good concentration and length, excellent structure, and a well-balanced finish. The sauvignon blanc is given extended lees contact — more than the majority of Marlborough sauvignon blancs — to create complexity and to bring out fruit flavors. Excellent on its own or with seafood, chicken, pork,...

PLATTER’S GUIDE 2024 - 5-STAR AWARD PLATTER’S GUIDE 2024 - BEST GRENACHE BLANC VITICULTURE Grown on Malmesbury shale and decomposed granite, these trellised vines allow us to precisely manage the canopy to enhance fruit, complexity and balance. VINIFICATION Hand harvested and cooled overnight, this was whole-bunch pressed to restrain phenolics, yet was fermented with a high percentage of solids to give breadth and definition to the palate. 55% was fermented in seasoned tight-grain French oak Allier and Compiègne hogsheads, and 45% of the wine in 500- and 1000-litre terracotta clay doliums preserving the crystalline purity...

VITICULTURE Sourced from two of the few Roussanne vineyards in South Africa, 40% from our vineyards on the home farm and 60% from our neighbour, this is planted in the Voor Paardeberg on well-weathered Perdeberg decompsed Granite soils. Trellised and spur pruned, this vineyard produced 4.2 tons per hectare in 2022. VINIFICATION Hand harvested, chilled overnight and whole-bunch pressed to avoid phenolics typical of this variety. Juice with a high solids content fermented in seasoned 300-litre Allier hogsheads and about 25% fermented in terracotta clay amphora, with partial malolactic fermentation. Maturation and batonnage sur-lie for 10...

Excellent bone dry prosecco that ticks all the boxes. Pure fruit, excellent persistent bead, crisp acidity and clean, dry finish. DOCG quality through and through. Conegliano lies in the Valdobiaddene region of Veneto from which the very best of prosecco is sourced.. In terms of prestige in the hierarchy of prosecco it sits 2 rungs below the subregion of Cartizze (see Villa Sandi for our version).There are many other cheaper versions available in the market but for the few dollars more that the good stuff demands in price, there really is no point in skimping.

Tim Atkin MW 94 points. "Bright golden colour. Powerful aroma, oral, sweet spices, creamy oak balsamic, mountain herbs (camomile, laurel) Fresh and structured in the mouth, glyceric, fatty, pleasantly sweet, tasty, fresh ". GRAPE VARIETIES 70% Viura, 20% Malvasia, 10% White Garnacha.