Hentley Farm Garganega 2021
- $35
- Drink by: 2021-2025
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This is a new wine from a small patch of vines in the newly acquired Mount Crawford vineyard in the cool hills of the southern part of the Barossa Valley. Garganega is famously the variety of Soave in the Veneto region of Italy, but in Australia there is only a small amount produced – at last count only a couple of dozen wineries with a garganega in their range.
The Hentley Farm Garganega is true to type and it’s delicious, with attractive exotic spice, ginger plant, citrus blossom, stone fruit and oyster shell aromas on the nose, whilst the palate is all about roundness and texture. The wine is fresh and vibrant and has a savoury saline finish, making it incredibly food friendly.
Melissa began her hospitality career in London working for the Rolling Stones, returning to Australia at the dawn of the wine bar explosion in Melbourne to develop a deep love of wine, restaurants, beaches and much warmer weather. She has judged at several national and local wine shows including The Royal Sydney Show, the NSW Wine Awards and The Alternative Varieties Wine Show, and contributed to the Sydney Morning Herald with wine selection articles. Melissa was selected to be a scholar of the Len Evans’ Tutorial and was dux of the 2019 New Zealand Family of Twelve Tutorial. She was previously Head Sommelier at Merivale and is now Beverage and Operations Manager for the Love Tilly Group. She lives in Sydney with her family.
