So you want to start a wine collection? David Sly in SA Life. The joy of cellaring wines leads to savouring their character in maturity.
Huon Hooke 92 Very tight, firm, lean, narrow profiled wine. Tobacco and black fruit aromas, a touch of green tannin backing up the sweet fruit.
95% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Cabernet Franc. From close planted vineyard at Joanna, Wrattonbully, planted in 2004 on terra rossa. hand picked 8t/ha. 25 days on
Dark ruby with a blue hue. Plum and raspberry fruit, cedar and chocolate box. Superb mix of perfectly ripe fruit, spiced oak and very fine
Matured in a new 4000l French foudre for 12 months, then to a used 4000l foudre for a final 10 months, 5% cabernet franc added.
Author: James Halliday Source: Halliday Wine Companion 2016 Review Date: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 Terre a Terre Sauvignon Blanc 2014 Fermented in a mix of
Note that this is sealed with a cork, even though it has been under screwcap previously. Xavier (Bizot, who runs Terre à Terre with wife
Surprised to see a cork in this wine, where it was previously screwcap. Still, was a very high quality cork. Author: Gary Walsh Source: winefront.com.au
In the 2015 edition of James Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion Terre à Terre was once again rated a 5 red star producer with the following
Deep red/purple colour with a smoky, oak-tinged, stylishly soy-laced bouquet, and a trace of tapenade. It’s full-bodied and very intense, concentrated and powerful, yet also
