“Very good overall. ”94 Points – Mike Bennie | Halliday Wine Companion

 

From a single vineyard planted in 1994 at 550m above sea level. The wine spends 46 months on lees in bottle. It’s a beautiful wine, lighter weight from this release, fine boned, yet still delivers lively saline elements, nutty savouriness, green apple, pink grapefruit and a light undertow of sweet patisserie notes – complexity in a gentle frame. Creamy bubbles work well here. There’s some sweetness to fruit and the nutty-yeasty characters also deliver light honey amongst cashew and hazelnut. As per the season, perhaps, a light smoky element glows warm in the wine, a little bitter through the finish, perhaps a quibble. Very good overall.