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Fantastic Wines to Try From Australia's Victoria Wine Region
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items I have had the good fortune to visit Australia's Victoria wine region, and it's one of the world's most exciting places for quality wine right now. Victoria is in the far south-east of the country, between South Australia and New South Wales, and boa...
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Dessert "Stickies"
Whites
Saline, mineral, herbal, and bursting with fresh Meyer lemon action, all topped off with a hint of pine, the nose is just spot-on for higher-end examples of this Italian grape.
Chalmers Wines Vermentino, Heathcote
This fantastic Chardonnay wows with elegance, a restrained texture, and just a hint of cream.
Giant Steps Tarraford Vineyard Chardonnay
The acidity is is so palpable on this white that there are too many food combinations that could go well with it; they'd need to could be counted without the aid of supercomputers!
Pinot Gris, 'Napoleone Vyd - Yarra Valley', Punt Road
Toasted nuts, ripe lemons, blossom, and white peaches mark the nose, topped with ripe white figs and a bit of smoke and gunflint on this well-crafted wine.
Patrick Sullivan Gippsland Chardonnay
A characterful white fermented with wild with wild yeasts that sports aromas and flavors of ripe peaches, apples, jasmine, vanilla, and pineapple.
Fowles Wine Ladies Who Shoot Their Lunch Wild Ferment Chardonnay
Passion-fruit and lemongrass mark both the nose and the palate of this delicious, refreshing white.
Fowles Farm to Table Sauvignon Blanc
Reds
This is a juicy, wild, rowdy Pinot Noir that is more than fitting with its name.
Fowles Wine Ladies Who Shoot Their Lunch Strathbogie Ranges
Concentrated and deep, this red (fermented with a bit of white Viognier) can handle all the oomph, given all of its palate freshness.
Yering Station Shiraz-Viognier, Yarra Valley
A modernly-styled Cabernet that, thanks to its line of acidity, never becomes tiring to drink.
Fowles Wine ‘Farm to Table’ Cabernet Sauvignon, Victoria
Pretty, spicy, and earthy, there’s great red berry fruit on this Pinot, with flavors of dark cherries.
Giant Steps Sexton Vineyard Pinot Noir
Minty, herbal, spicy, and brimming with red berries, leather, and rhubarb, this red is incredibly alive on the palate.
Silent Way Pinot Noir
Sourced from about vines up to 150 years in age, this red is a great mingling styles, with cracked pepper, blackberry, wild raspberry, bramble, mint, perfume, and licorice all making appearances.
Best's Great Western Shiraz 'Bin no. 1' Victoria
Sourced from vines planted at 500m elevation, on granitic soils that date back 600 million years, this premium red blends Shiraz and Sangiovese. It wows with notes of eucalyptus, incense, cherry compote, white and black pepper, and spiced plums.
Castagna Un Segreto, Beechworth
Dessert "Stickies"
Luscious, powerful, and full of spiced/spiked fruitcake, jasmine notes, and candied orange notes, this is a delightful dessert wine, and it's incredibly well-priced for the quality.
Chambers Rosewood Rutherglen Muscadelle (Tokay)
Svelte and elegant, this world-class dessert wine emphasizes the region's textbook nutty, spicy herbal style.
Pfeiffer Rare Rutherglen Topaque