Naked Run Wines Place in Time Sevenhill Riesling 2021 Just rip lemon with flowery perfume aromas. Slight burn skin, classic Oz characters, with oil, lemon, petro, and long finish. Shut The Gate Wines For Love Watervale Riesling 2023 Very floral, lovely fine talc texture. Good flow and a very pretty and delicate wine. Shut The Gate Wines Estate Block Riesling 2022 Ripe lemon curd, summer white and yellow flowers. Lemon and lemon peel. Riposte Wines ‘The Scimitar’ Riesling 2024 Classic white flowers, oz style. Lots of skin, some extraction but pleasant and finished with lot of texture, don’t want to let it go! Eldredge Vineyards Spring Gully Riesling 2024 Lime zest, lean profile but with good chiselled acidity. Sauvignon Blanc Mount Benson Estate Sauvignon Blanc 2022 Reductive nose. Some sweaty funk and restraint. Lanolin aftertaste. Some glycerol or creaminess from lees fills out palate. Mineral aftertaste. Tomich Wines Woodside Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc 2023 Bright and fresh, pea tendril, mandarin and lime floral. Crunchy fruit, good acid and focus. Solid. Chardonnay Pike and Joyce Wines Sirocco Chardonnay 2023 Herbal edge, slight popcorn note. Nice use of phenolics to drive texture and length. Classic cool climate style done well. Pike and Joyce Wines The Kay Reserve Chardonnay 2023 Strong flinty reduction, big fruit and oak. Everything dialled up to 11 but done well. Anvers Kingsway Chardonnay 2022 Pale-med straw. Good integration of flinty and mineral characters. Mineral overall. A slightly salty salivating and understated Chardonnay. Elegant. Good length.
Mt Lofty Ranges Vineyard Old Apple Block Chardonnay 2023 Good intensity on the nose, toasty oak, good texture on the mid-palate, nice acid and long finish Riposte Wines ‘The Katana’ Chardonnay 2023 Lemon, oak, leesy, bread dough, smoky, very good intensity on the palate, texture on the mid-palate, toasty, orange, mandarines, long finish. Tomich Wines Woodside Vineyard Chardonnay 2023 Fruit and spiced oak lift, warmer fruit profile, yellow and clean. Power and fruit concentration. Fernfield Wines From Little Things Chardonnay 2023 Nice bright colour, lifted clean ferment esters, good florals, nice fruit weight, well made balanced wine. Mount Benson Estate Reserve Chardonnay 2021 Straw coloured. Hay bale / straw on nose. A bit of tight acidity and good lemon aftertaste pulls wine up. Green Peach. Quite overt - still youthful. Riposte Wines ‘The Katana’ Chardonnay 2023 Lemon, oak, leesy, bread dough, smoky, very good intensity on the palate, texture on the mid-palate, toasty, orange, mandarines, long finish. Pinot Gris | Grigio Hahndorf Hill Pinot Grigio 2024 Lifted and fresh, apples and citrus leaf. Bright and crunchy palate, has acid and tension and drive Riposte Wines ‘The Stiletto’ Pinot Gris 2024 Dense and concentrated nose - tropical/stone fruit territory. Expressive fruit on the palate that carries through. Talented winemaking - fruit is well presented on nose/palate. Lino Ramble YO-YO Pinot Grigio 2024 Grapefruit pith, lemon balm, solid flow and depth across the palate. Tomich Wines Woodside Vineyard Pinot Grigio 2023 Pithy texture, juicy phelonic grip. Pink grapefruit, zesty Koonowla Reverence Pinot Gris 2023 Fresh lift, white flower and slight crumpled citrus. Nice textural entry, acid fresh and gives carry.
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