Two Hands “Brilliant Disguise” 2006 – (Barossa Valley, South Australia):
The nose is bursting with lime, mango, floral notes and tropical fruit. The light fizz leads the wine into a dance across the palate. A delicate sweetness with a hint at depth of flavour. Delicious drinking and I wish I had more for summer! Previously reviewed here.
90/100
Eldridge Estate Chardonnay 2004 – (Mornington Peninsula, Victoria):
A pale yellow colour. Minerally nose, with macadamia nuts, browned butter, lemon and signs of beautifully judged oak use sitting in the background. The palate has good intensity of flavour and good length, it is also balanced and focussed except for a slight citrusy tang towards the finish. Really calls out to be paired with food in order to shine.
89/100
Kracher Muskat Ottonel Auslese 2003 – (Burgenland, Austria):
Musk, violets, citrus peel, apricot and marmalade on a rather off-beat nose. The palate is also slightly out of the ordinary, with just a hint of rich sweetness, an oily viscous mouth-feel, lacking any real depth of flavour and the finish dropping away suddenly. Something a bit different, although I doubt I would purchase again.
86/100
Even not being direcly concerned with this post, I wish to express, directly from the Antipodes (Spain), my deep respect and admiration to the Australian wines and to your blog, which I consider one of the most interesting wineblogs in your country. I usually write on spanish, portuguese, italian and french wines, but I have also writen on some australian wines.
I hoe you might consider the possibility to visit my blog some of these days: I’ll be very proud and satisfied!
Sincerely,
Joan (= John in catalan language)