Fetherston Magnolia King Valley Albarino 2024

Part of a range of attractively packaged Victorian wines, this is an impressive Albarino. From the Bettio vineyard in King Valley, the wine saw eighteen hours skin contact, before pressing into neutral oak vessels for fermentation and maturation. The wine then spent six months on lees before bottling. 275 dozen. Deep yellow in colour, this is concentrated and powerful, and attractively textured. There are notes of stone fruit, particularly apricots, with florals, nuts, ginger, hints of hazelnuts and a flick of honeycomb on the finish. Quite seductively structured with decent length, this wine shows just what the variety can do here. Enjoy it over the next four to six years.