White Wine
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
91
A lightly golden yellow in colour, the nose is fully mature with caramelised peach and nectarine fruits that are at their apex just before they start their slow decline and...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
90
This wine shows some adept winemaking, 12% of the blend was aged in new french oak with the remainder in tank for 12 months, the resultant wine has crunchy acidity...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
96
This is a very special wine, one that i recently proclaimed as the best white i have had the pleasure of tasting from the Barossa Valley. When winemakers talk about...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
89
A lightly golden yellow in the glass, a rich and mature nose of wood spice and nectarine. The palate has an almost identical trajectory to the nose,...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
95
A wild yeast ferment in barrel (30% new), the wine sees 10 months on lees before bottling without malolactic fermentation. It is this restriction of Malo that really sets this...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
94
The 2013 Estate Chardonnay is barrel fermented using wild yeast. A range of oak formats are used that range from 300 - 2200 ltr with 30% new and the wine...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
93
The Chardonnay base for this sparkling was wild yeast fermented with 80% in tank and the remaining 20% in older French oak, the wine was then left on fermentation lees...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
94
A golden yellow in colour; the nose gives nectarine skins, wood smoke and background citrus. A mature palate with a fine filament of powdery acidity. The wine...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
95
A developed yellow in the glass, a wonderfully fine bead with tiny bubbles that are almost hypnotic, the nose shows initial citrus fruits and orange peel, but with time in...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
91
Vermentino is a variety that works well with sparkling, made in a style that is perfect as an aperitif, the nose is aromatic and fresh with nashi pear and citrus...