White Wine
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
96
The last time I tasted Alex Byrne's wines was in 2013 and it was the 2012 Ballarat Chardonnay. Five years on it was time to look at the 2017 Ballarat...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
89
A wine that offers much more than it's $18 price point suggests. The nose is varietal with peach and nectarine working with citrus notes and a mealy complexity. There is...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
92
An attractive nose of lime, candied apple and jasmine, the residual sugar on the palate provides a soft and fruit driven entry before a wave of acidity pulls everything into...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
93
The wine was sourced from the Ridge and Lake blocks in the McCutcheon vineyard and is the P58 clone of Chardonnay. The wine was wild yeast fermented, with a high...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
93
Terre a Terre produce some of the most interesting Sauvignon Blanc's in South Australia. The wines maintain the purity of tropical fruits, but time on lees and in barrel gives...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
91
A good expression of the Pinot Grigio style that has come from the 2017 vintage. A light yellow in the glass the nose enjoys honeyed pear and meyer lemon...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
97
This is an exceptional release that has harnessed the virtues of a warm vintage to it's advantage in creating a mouth filling, and complex chardonnay that retains elegance and definition....
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
96
Produced from the P58 Chardonnay clone grown on the Poplar Block in the Judd vineyard, the wine was fermented using wild yeast, with partial malolactic fermentation (80%) and ageing in...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
91
A pristine and punchy Sauvignon Blanc that is brimming with varietal definition and enjoys grippy boysenberry texture that makes it more than a straight up and down Sauvignon Blanc. ...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
90
This is an interesting wine, it was fermented on skins for 7 days and on gross lees with residual sugar retained in the finished wine. There was a lot of...