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Spring Newsletter
By Barry Weinman
2012 PICARDY SAUVIGNON BLANC SEMILLON
Very pale colour, reflecting the recent bottling. The nose displays lovely citrus and tropical fruit aromas. On the palate, the wine combines grassy complexity with lemon and zesty lime. With air, the tropical fruit subsides and the palate displays an almost ethereal character. There are subtle talc and musk characters over lemony acidity that contribute to excellent persistence on the finish. Pristine fruit is what defines this wine, though subtle winemaking influences add texture and complexity. This will prove an excellent drink this summer and the next. (17.3).
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Wine of the Week
Picardy Shiraz, Pemberton 2008
The famous Pannell family (founders of Moss Wood before Picardy) plough onward, conquering new challenges as they go. Perhaps global warming is helping but they now seem capable of making superb shiraz, as well as pinot noir and chardonnay, in Pemberton. Lovely cool-grown spicy fragrance, with smoky pepper and riper spice notes. It's medium-full bodied and intense, but finely structured, natural-tasting and light, with impeccable harmony, line and silken texture. A thoroughly delicious drink. Now to 10-plus years. Natural cork. 94/100.
Food Softer cheeses such as taleggio and Milawa Gold; lighter meats from chicken and game birds to veal and pork. |
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Picardy Shiraz 2007 Pemberton
Mineral, interesting scents and some development. Lovely balance. Really sophisticated! Surely cool climate? Exceptionally good winemaking. So subtle and satisfying. Surely the hand of a Pannell? Vibrant and different and so fresh. Good now and in the future...Succulent.
Don't write off Australia!...There were also surprisingly few over- the- top Shirazes, and some real eye- opening sophisticates such as the Picardy wine...
Drink 2008-13. 18 POINTS |
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Bill Pannell's autobiography "ONCE MORE UNTO THE VINE" is now released.
For your copy contact
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or you can find it at the Lane Bookstore in Claremont, Bookcaffe, River Tales in Margaret River, The Boulevard Bookstore and Mojo's in Bunbury, Pemberton's Post Office, Discovery Centre and Pemberton Cellarbrations.
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Chardonnay's new breed
...Margaret River in Western Australia still wears the mantle of our most consistent chardonnay region. Today, a number of stylistically different chardonnays, such as Picardy, come from the cooler Pemberton region...
2007 Picardy Chardonnay, Pemberton, WA
A pure and precise wine but in no way simple. A platform of intense fruit flavours receives sympathetic winemaking which adds character and complexity. Balance is the key, with a drive of flavour and a wondrous grapefruit acidity on the finish.
www.smh.com.au/executive-style/culture/chardonnays-new-breed-20090518-b8mr.html |
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