Country: New Zealand Region: Marlborough
Varietal: Sauvignon Blanc Vintage: 2023
Colour: White Style: Dry
Producer: Kevin Judd
Description:Greywacke was created in 2009 by Kevin Judd, formerly the chief winemaker at Cloudy Bay for 25 years.
Greywacke Wild Sauvignon is a fermented entirely with naturally occurring yeast, this is an alternative style of Sauvignon Blanc that is both intricate and textural. An inviting combination of fragrant patisserie-like aromas and fresh herbs – the sweet scent of lemon meringue and apricot friand seems to meld with a tarragon-like herbal quality and a hint of smokiness. The palate is succulent and packed with stone fruit and vanilla, finishing crisp and long with a flinty dryness.
Ageing Potential: 6 Years
Tasting Note:Aromatic nose of ripe Green fruits. Full-bodied with full flavours of apples and pears with a long finish. This is a lovely wine. This is the premium wine from Kevin Judd's estate, Move over Cloudy Bay..
Food Matches: Oysters / Mussels / Soft Cheese / Smoked Fish
Country: Australia Region: Clare Valley
Varietal: Riesling Vintage: 2024
Colour: White Style: Dry
Producer: Jeffrey Grosset
Description:The new MW classification of Australian wines, like the established Langtons classification, rates the Grosset Polish Hill as the epitome of Australian Riesling. The 2014 is a wonderful follow-up to the excellent 2011. While these vintages may become acknowledged as among the finest Polish Hill Rieslings of the decade, they are nevertheless quite different. In some ways, the 2014 Polish Hill is a surprise packet with quite exuberant, lifted floral aromatics providing a departure from the norm.
Ageing Potential: 7-10 Years
Tasting Note:On the palate, there is a brightness and youthful tang that is rare in young Polish Hill Rieslings. As ever, there is intense, pristine lime juice flavour made more complex by slatey, minerally characters all compressed and coiled by the wine's tightness of structure. There's characteristic finesse, power and a steely quality before the taut natural acidity highlights its lingering, dry finish. While the 2012 Polish Hill should age as well as other vintages, it may provide more joy in its youth. "One the true greats of Australian winemaking, crisp lean and angular with a real mineral bite. Not everyone loves it; I cannot get enough." - John Wilson, Irish Times
Food Matches: Pork / Game / Mussels