White Wine Archives

From the Langhorne Creek region, the colour here is a pleasing pale lemon. Lovely tropical aromas, notably passionfruit, mango and...

Riposte The Foil Sauvignon Blanc 2024

This is no shrinking violet. Here is a Sauvignon Blanc with panache; abundant in passionfruit curd, fennel, aloe vera and...

Tapanappa Tiers Vineyard Chardonnay 2017

How well does a top Australian Chardonnay age? Here’s your answer. This is a wine boasting complexity plus. Eight years...

Omrah Sauvignon Blanc 2024

The warmer vintage has certainly contributed to a Savvy with plenty of punch. It’s less overtly tropical but still with...

Plantagenet Three Lions Sauvignon Blanc 2024

A fresh and zingy Savvy from this warm vintage. Lightly tropical with a little stone fruit and light passionfruit. The...

Plantagenet Three Lions Riesling 2024

The quick early vintage has contributed to the mouth feel and flavour intensity. Lemon rind and floral notes on the...

Plantagenet Angevin Riesling 2024

This comes from the Wyjup vineyard. It’s a highly fragrant and quite intense Riesling from this very early and warm...

Plantagenet York Chardonnay 2024

This has turned out mighty well despite a vintage that was extraordinarily early. A combination of necessary sacrifice in the...

Plantagenet Three Lions Chardonnay 2024

This is an impressive Chardonnay from this vintage. On the nose an engaging combination of melon, brioche, and creamy stone...

Penna Lane Skilly Valley Riesling 2024

A bright minerally scented wine from the Skilly Valley which sits within the Watervale subregion. This has more obvious lemony...

Penna Lane Watervale Riesling 2024

Oh wow, this is a classic Riesling from Watervale in the Clare Valley. Fine yet intensely powerful and precise. Minerally...

Coward & Black Sauvignon Blanc Semillon 2024

White Wine - Sauvignon Blanc - Semillon

This has been really well managed in what was a very hot summer in WA. Balances light tropical fruits with...

St Johns Wines Round Puzzle Chardonnay 2021

This is from a season which was well suited to Chardonnay. Already this is showing some colour development. It’s now...

St Johns Wine Round Puzzle Chardonnay 2022

A Margaret River Chardonnay that is just starting to come into an ideal drinking period. The colour has deepened slightly...

St Johns Wine Round Puzzle Chardonnay 2023

This was such a good year in Margaret River and it’s captured beautifully in this already complex expression of the...

Frankland Estate Isolation Ridge Riesling 2023

People talk about the power of Burgundy. We should be talking about the power of Frankland River Riesling. More specifically,...

Gundog Estate M Burton Riesling 2023

This is one of my favourite new wave Rieslings in the country and the cool 2023 vintage has delivered beautifully....

Winmark Hunter Valley Rusty’s Run Chardonnay 2023

Rusty is obviously a good doggo, and this is a very good wine. Like all the other Winmark wines, it...

Winmark Hunter Valley Single Vineyard Reserve Chardonnay 2022

I didn’t have any info on which exact vineyard this wine originated from, but after the first several sniffs, that...

Winmark Hunter Valley Expressions Chardonnay 2021

The Expressions Chardonnay is a lovely, pretty drop that has a surprising amount of palate weight. There are captivating aromas...

Winmark Hunter Valley 72 Chardonnay 2022

While the Hunter Valley is mainly known for Semillon, its Chardonnays should never be overlooked. The Winmark ‘72’ is the...

Patrick of Coonawarra Méthode Skinny Riesling 2023

Billed as a ‘trial to take the traditional crisp, fresh style of Riesling and give it body and texture’, this...

Patrick of Coonawarra Block 5 Aged Riesling 2016