Yelland & Papps Barossa Valley Single Vineyard Roussanne 2022

Roussanne is enjoying a bit of a moment right now. More producers are discovering the Rhône Valley grape variety, tuning into its warm depths of flavour and texture. Here, it is interpreted with some skin contact, hence the more developed golden hues. Baked apple and spice, honeysuckle, acacia and Meyer lemon rise from the glass in inviting aromas. The key to skin contact white wines is instilling a lively freshness and clean palate amid the developed, savoury notes and richness. This is achieved admirably here. Indeed, acidity is the key to this wine’s enjoyment. Savoury notes come into play on the palate in ginger, beeswax, mandarin skin and quince, all nicely layered. Overall, wears the new wave, skin contact signature well.

Jeni Port

Wine critic at Winepilot

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.

Wine writer and critic