Wine Australia for Australian Wine Inspired Tasting Australia House • London 26 October 2017 Wine regions of Australia Introduction Welcome to our Inspired Tasting. With 65 wine regions and a geography DARWIN that spans the equivalent of Europe, there is much in Australia that is both daunting and inspirational. The landscape of Australian wine is constantly changing and, every time we visit, we are overwhelmed by the passion, energy and innovation we find in the vineyards and wineries. Today’s tasting is a small snapshot of carefully chosen wines that have inspired our visitors over the last few years. Some are firm favourites Northern Territory revisited with each successive vintage; others reflect the first time visit to a region or winery; some represent that ‘eureka’ moment while others are Queensland the discovery of the previously unknown, the unusual and the surprising. Western Australia There is a story behind each choice which we share with you so that you, too, can be inspired by Australian wine. 28 South Eastern We hope you enjoy this event! South Australia Australia* BRISBANE 29 Wine Australia UK/Europe Team New South Wales 30 1 31 2 10 PERTH 33 32 3 11 14 44 34 12 35 4 15 6 13 36 5 16 37 SYDNEY 8 9 17 21 38 7 ADELAIDE 39 19 20 45 40 41 18 43 48 22 47 42 CANBERRA 49 23 Victoria 46 Australian Western Australia 24 55 54 52 50 51 26 56 Capital Territory Queensland 25 59 57 53 1. Swan District 60 58 28. South Burnett 27 62 64 2. Perth Hills 61 29. Granite Belt 63 3. Peel MELBOURNE 4. Geographe New South Wales 5. Margaret River 30. New England Australia Tasmania 6. Blackwood Valley 31. Hastings River 65 7. Pemberton 32. Hunter HOBART 8. Manjimup 33. Mudgee 9. Great Southern 34. Orange South Australia 35. Cowra 36. Riverina 10. Southern Flinders Ranges 53. Upper Goulburn 3 7. Hilltops 11. Clare Valley 54. Heathcote 38. Southern Highlands 12. Barossa Valley 55. Bendigo 39. Gundagai 13. Eden Valley 56. Pyrenees 40. Canberra District 14. Riverland 57. Macedon Ranges 41. Shoalhaven Coast 15. Adelaide Plains 58. Sunbury 42. Tumbarumba 16. Adelaide Hills 59. Grampians 43. Perricoota 17. McLaren Vale 60. Henty 18. Kangaroo Island Victoria 61. Geelong 19. Southern Fleurieu 44. Murray Darling 62. Yarra Valley 20. Currency Creek 45. Swan Hill 63. Mornington Peninsula 21. Langhorne Creek 46. Goulburn Valley 64. Gippsland* 22. Padthaway 47. Rutherglen Tasmania 23. Mount Benson 48. Glenrowan 65. Tasmania* 24. Wrattonbully 49. Beechworth 25. Robe 50. King Valley *South Eastern Australia and 26. Coonawarra 51. Alpine Valleys Gippsland are zones, Tasmania 27. Mount Gambier 52. Strathbogie Ranges is a state. 2 Wine Australia for Australian Wine www.wineaustralia.com • @Wine_Australia WineAustralia • #AussieWine 3 Wine Price Wine Price 1. Innocent Bystander Murray River Moscato 2016 £5.99 5. Larry Cherubino ‘Laissez Faire White Field Blend’ Pemberton Pinot Gris £18.49 Importer: Liberty Wines Gewürztraminer Pinot Blanc Sauvignon Gris 2016 Kirsty Savory, Wine Australia “The IB Moscato is one of the first wines I got to Importer: Hallgarten Druitt & Novum Wines taste when I joined Wine Australia. This ‘Christmas Day Breakfast Wine’ has seen Steve Daniel, Hallgarten & Druitt Wines “It’s a cool climate weird and wonderful me through many long and busy consumer tastings. I look forward to tasting each blend that you would not expect to ever put together but it works. A unique white new vintage and being pleasantly suprised with a hint of grapefruit, candy floss wine made in a natural hands off way!” or rhubarb!” 2. Arras ‘Blanc de Blancs’ Tasmania Chardonnay 2008 £50.00 6. BK Wines ‘Skin n’ Bones’ Adelaide Hills Savagnin 2016 £27.50 Importer: Accolade Importer: Swig Sally Easton MW, Wine Wisdom “Ed Carr is a genius. Long lees ageing on Giles Luckett, Giles Luckett Drinks PR “Brendan is one of the nicest, most genuine pristine Tassie fruit makes a wine dense with complexity and range of affect, and winemakers I’ve ever met an this is a really brave choice of vine given the problems bright with a ready drinking pleasure that really should have more guilt flavours with growing it and its lack of familiarity amongst consumers. The fact that it’s attached for such a high class bubbly.” delicious is obviously by the by…” £ RRP 3. Arras ‘Grand Vintage’ Tasmania Chardonnay Pinot Noir 2007 £24.00 7. David Franz ‘Long Gully Road Ancient Vine’ McLaren Vale Semillon 2015 £22.00 Importer: Accolade Importer: The knotted Vine Julie Sheppard, Imbibe “Winemaker Ed Carr has made the Aussie wine trade Natasha Hughes MW “Think Semillon, think Hunter Valley? Not this time, although acknowledge Tasmania’s potential for world-class sparklers. This complex and this South Australian take on the grape as the same bracing acidity and toasty layered blend of 78% Chardonnay and 22% Pinot Noir has swept the board at citrus aromatics. Made from dry-grown vines that are fast approaching their 130th Australian wine shows and rightly so. Pure class.” birthday.” 4. Jauma ‘Pet Nat’ McLaren Vale Chenin Blanc 2016 £26.99 8. McWilliams Wines ‘Lovedale’ Hunter Valley Semillon 2007 Importer: Les Caves de Pyrene Importer: Enotria & Coe Heidi Nam Knudsen, Ottolenghi “James Erskine poured this for me when I went to Richard Hemming MW, Press “Hunter Valley Semillion remains woefully under- the pop-up of Rootstock in Melbourne. In general I am a big fan of James and his appreciated, and Lovedale is one of the most relaible examples of how good it can wines and the way he works with the terroir. I had never had any of his sparkling get, especially with bottle age. The flavours of lanolin oil, toast and smoke are whites before and was blown away by the energy in the wine. Being a Pet Nat of esoteric, but compelling and unique.” course you expect it to just be fun and light and breezy but it had so much more to it than just fun and fizz.” 4 Wine Australia for Australian Wine www.wineaustralia.com • @Wine_Australia WineAustralia • #AussieWine 5 Wine Price Wine Price 9. Mac Forbes ‘RS10 Dry’ Strathbogie Ranges Riesling 2015 £23.50 13. Pewsey Vale ‘The Countours’ Eden Valley Riesling 2011 £19.99 Importer: Clark Foyster Wines Importer: Negociants Matthieu Longuere MS, Head Sommelier at Le Corden Blu “Fantastic Riesling, John Wilson, The Irish Times “On my first visit to Australia, sitting in the back restrained, mineral and pure. The low alcohol and the unnoticeable residual of a rusty old pickup, chatting to winemaker Jane Ferrari, looking out over the sugar make it a perfect partner for slightly spicy Asian food. Still youthful, it will Contours vineyard in the morning sun. We ate a bacon and cheese muffin definitely reward the patient ones.” alongside a glass of Contours Riesling. Memorable.” 10. Crawford River Crawford River Riesling 2015 £22.00 14. Howard Park Mount Barker Riesling 2016 £14.00 Importer: O.W. Loeb Importer: Enotria & Coe. Justin Knock MW, MW Trip Oct 2016 “One of the few Australian Rieslings with a Laura Jewell MW, Wine Australia “I’ve worked with Howard Park for many years, genuine, broad spectrum flavour profile that covers orchard, tropical and citrus sourcing great Riesling for various supermarkets, and this wine reminds me of my fruits simultaneously. Definitely gives a nod to Europe rather than a nod to South last visit down to the winery. Straight off the plane from the UK, and a large glass Australia.” of this gorgeous, zingy lime and passionfruit Riesling with a crab and chilli salad was the perfect antidote to jetlag. Divine.” 11. Jim Barry ‘The Florita’ Clare Valley Riesling 2012 £31.99 15. Leeuwin Estate ‘Art Series’ Margaret River Riesling 2014 £21.00 Importer: Negociants Importer: Domaine Direct Greig Wilson, Enotria & Coe “Served from the boot of Peter Barry’s pick-up at 9am Michael Buriak, WSET “Why, because it ticks all the right boxes for this grape, (“have a drink, ya prick”) — a great way to start your vinous day, lithe, limey and made by a great producer, — full of lime fruit, toast and hints of that oily exceedingly fresh.” development. This wine will live a long time even though it is drinking fabulously well now!” 12. Peter Lehman ‘Wigan’ Eden Valley Riesling 2012 £16.99 16. Eden Road ‘Courabyra’ Tumbarumba Chardonnay 2015 £35.99 Importer: Liberty Wines Importer: Hallgarten Druitt & Novum Marius Odland, Project Store House “This wine was a big surprise for me. From Jim Wilson, Hallgarten & Druitt Wines “Guaranteed to open your eyes to the huge old vines, it gave me concentrated fruit aromas, mature flavour and a very fresh potential of the Murrumbateman wine region in the Canberra Wine District.” aftertaste. No surprise it got a national award in 2014. One of the very best Rieslings I have ever tasted outside Mosel in Germany.” 6 Wine Australia for Australian Wine www.wineaustralia.com • @Wine_Australia WineAustralia • #AussieWine 7 Wine Price Wine Price 1 7. Penfolds ‘Bin 311’ Tumbarumba Chardonnay 2015 £25.00 21. BK Wines ‘One Ball’ Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2016 £27.50 Importer: Treasury Wine Estates Importer: Swig Emma Baumann, Wine Australia “This was the very first wine I tried in South Barbara Drew, Berry Brothers and Rudd “As well as the witty name, I love the Australia. We were at Magill Estate and it matched a crab and tomato ice dish. style of the wine. Complex, but not rich, crisp without being lean it is just perfectly Fresh, minerally and elegant. What a fantastic start to the trip!” balanced in every way. It helps that I first tasted it at one of the finest barbecues I’ve ever attended, at Brendan’s beautiful house up in the hills of course!” 18.