Stella Bella Suckfizzle Margaret River Sauvignon Blanc Semillon 2023
- 95
- $50
- Drink by: 2024-2033
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The unlikely friendship between feisty Sauvignon Blanc and laid-back Semillon is captured beautifully here. Upfront gooseberry, cut grass, lantana and a splash of passionfruit pulp with quieter notes of citrus bring the traditional Bordeaux white blend alive. The youthful vibrancy is well-weighted with an easy textural flow and discreet acid drive. Quince, lemon and a pear skin dryness are woven into the fabric of the wine. There’s good concentration, depth and – such is the balance – super food friendly properties. The Bordeaux white blend when it is on song is one of the more surprising, easy to please wines when it comes to food matching that you will ever come across.
Jeni Port is one of Australia’s top wine communicators. Based in Melbourne, Jeni created the first wine column in the (then) Sun News-Pictorial before moving over to The Age and becoming that paper’s longest-serving wine writer. Over the years she has written for most Australian wine magazines and these days calls WinePilot home. She is also a Tasting Panel member on the Halliday Wine Companion. She was named Wine Communicator of the Year and Legend of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival in 2014 and in 2018 Legend of the Vine. She is a founding board member of Australian Women In Wine and is the co-deputy chair of Australia’s Wine List of the Year Awards and China’s Wine List of the Year Awards.
